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September 17, 2019

2 Italian Officials Indicted over Migrant Deaths from 2013 Shipwreck
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In Italy, two high-ranking officials have been indicted on multiple
charges of manslaughter and negligence for the deaths of more than 260
migrants, including 60 children, in the Mediterranean Sea in 2013. The
Coast Guard officials reportedly received emergency calls from the
migrant ship as it slowly sank, but delayed alerting Italian and Maltese
authorities for hours.


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