The bodies of dozens of African immigrants, discovered off the Italian coast last week, might have been thrown overboard, Italian officials said on Monday.
意大利官員周一表示,上周在意大利海岸發現的數十名非洲移民的尸體可能被扔到海里。
A coast guard spokesman said 15 illegal immigrants, all believed to come from Somalia, survived being thrown into the Mediterranean Sea.
海岸警衛隊發言人表示,據稱來自索馬里的15名非法移民在被拋入地中海后幸存下來。
But one of the survivors, a woman, was in a serious condition.
但其中一名幸存者是一名婦女,她情況嚴重。
They told the coast guard that their boat had left Libya 20 days before, with around 100 immigrants aboard.
他們告訴海岸警衛隊,他們的船20天前離開了利比亞,船上大約有100名移民。
They said most had died during the trip.
他們說大多數人在旅途中死亡。
Last Friday, 7 Africans, including 3 children, died before their boat could reach the island. A further 25 people survived.
上周五,7名非洲人(包括3名兒童)在他們的船抵達該島之前死亡。另有25人幸存。