Eight bodies were found and 35 migrants rescued on Tuesday and Wednesday, Seddik al-Jayach, an official in Zuwara, further west, told AFP. Survivors had clung onto the sinking vessel for five days before it ran aground on a beach near his town, he said. According to survivors, the ship was carrying between 120 and 130 migrants of different African nationalities, including women and children, he said.
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