Cyprus police: boat with 83 migrants aboard towed to harbor
NICOSIA- A Cyprus police spokesman says a boat with 83 people aboard including 37 children has been towed to a harbor on the east Mediterranean island's northwestern coast.
Spokesman Andreas Angelides told the Associated Press that all those aboard are believed to be Syrian migrants. He said authorities are trying to confirm initial information the boat set sail from Mersin, Turkey and intended to reach Cyprus.
He said the boat was towed Friday morning after being spotted a few miles off the coast the previous evening.
