Local fishermen leaped to the rescue of 132 migrants after their boat destined for Europe capsized.
Libya's coast guard and U.N rescue workers are looking for Libyan migrants that went missing early this morning after their ship capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.
A hundred and sixteen migrants are feared missing--a hundred and thirty-two have already been rescued and one-fifty are believed to be dead.
The survivors were picked up by local fishermen and then returned to the coast by the Libyan coastguard, UNHCR( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) spokesman Charlie Yaxley said.
More than 200 migrants are believed to have been on board the boat. We are still waiting on the UN to confirm the death toll. So far only one body was found lifeless.
The U.N says the incident might be the deadliest drowning in Mediterranean this year.
By: Niza Nondo
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