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Post by sevenofnine on Mar 26, 2023 11:58:24 GMT -5
Are you kidding meee Shots were reportedly fired at a humanitarian vessel as it tried to rescue a boat carrying migrants in the Mediterranean on Saturday. The Libyan coastguard, trained and financed by the European Union, intercepted the Ocean Viking as it responded to a distress call from a rubber boat carrying some 80 people. They approached "dangerously" and threatened the crew by "firing gunshots in the air," claimed SOS Mediterranee, which charters and runs the rescue vessel, forcing it to back off. “You can’t shoot at us. You can’t shoot at us. We’re leaving the waters now,” a person on the Ocean Viking is heard saying in video footage of the incident. The coastguard has not yet responded to a comment request. All of the migrants on board were taken back to Libyan soil. Yesterday's incident is the latest in a string of increasingly hostile moves by the Libyan coastguard as it tries to stem the flow of migrants to Europe. www.euronews.com/2023/03/26/shots-fired-at-humanitarian-rescue-ship-in-mediterranean
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