Tripoli (agencies)
At least six migrants, including a child, died in a boat sank off the coast of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, where tension prevailed, yesterday evening, and where the army is still trying to find survivors following rescuing regarding fifty people.
Irregular immigration increased by sea from Lebanon, which is suffering from an unprecedented economic crisis. But sinking immigration boats are rare.
Yesterday, the boat left from the Qalamoun region, south of Tripoli, the largest city in northern Lebanon, with regarding 60 migrants on board, whose nationalities were not specified.
Yesterday, the Lebanese army recovered the bodies of five migrants, following the body of a girl was recovered the day before yesterday, bringing the total number of dead to six, according to a provisional toll reported by the National News Agency.
So far, 48 people have been rescued, according to the latest official figures.
Yesterday evening, protesters blocked the highway linking Tripoli and Akkar with cars, while an atmosphere of tension prevailed in the city’s neighborhoods, in which intermittent gunfire was heard in the air, according to the National News Agency, which reported that a number of young men removed pictures of politicians from the walls, stressing that « Their escalatory movement continues, and they will hold the city’s representatives and ministers accountable for their negligence once morest Tripoli and its people.”
At the entrance to the Tripoli morgue, relatives of grieving victims gathered in a tense atmosphere.
In another part of the city, young men hurled stones at two military vehicles. They gathered to express their anger at the tragedy.