116 migrants rescued from Mediterranean, 3 with bullet wounds

Migrants in the Mediterranean (AFP File photo)

Marseille (IINA) – A total of 116 migrants were plucked to safety from the Mediterranean on Saturday, three of whom had week-old bullet wounds, AFP reported quoting rescuers as saying in a statement.
Rescuers found 20 women and a child amongst the men and teenage boys on board, three of whom "presented with gun wounds dating from around a week ago," humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee said.
The migrants were picked up by the Aquarius, a former North Atlantic fisheries protection ship now used by SOS Mediterranee, following a distress signal alert from the Rome-based Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre. Two of the injured were said to be teenagers aged 15 and 17.
According to the statement, the migrants are from 10 African nations, including Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Sudan and Liberia.
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