![SOS Mediterranee volunteers were helping transfer the 93 passengers from the wooden boat onto their rescue vessel just before
armed bandits interrupted the rescue on 9 July 2024
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An aid group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean says one of its missions was interrupted by armed bandits who boarded the overloaded smugglers’ boat and sped away with it after the migrants threw themselves into the sea, AP reports.
According to the report, SOS Mediterranee filmed the incident Tuesday.
The group said it occurred about 46 nautical miles north of Zuwara on Libya’s western coast, a frequent launching point for smuggling operations to bring migrants to Europe.
The video shows SOS Mediterranee volunteers were helping transfer the 93 passengers from the wooden boat onto their rescue vessel when two rubber dinghies approached.
Shortly after, #Seabird spotted a small wooden boat in distress. #OceanViking performed the rescue of 27 shipwrecked persons after receiving the authorisation from a Libyan boat on scene, who did not interfere with the operation.
120 survivors are now cared by @ifrc & @SOSMedIntl pic.twitter.com/YVgFi72X7E— SOS MEDITERRANEE (@SOSMedIntl) July 9, 2024
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