'Libyan Coast Guard' craft attacks migrant boat, at least four dead
An NGO rescue group said on Friday that the crew of a speedboat labelled "Libyan Coast Guard" had attacked a migrant boat packed with some 150 migrants, beating them with sticks and causing at least four to fall into the water and drown.
"The violent intervention of the Libyan Coast Guard caused a situation of mass panic on board the rubber boat in distress," Sea Watch said in a statement. "One tube of the rubber boat collapsed, causing the majority of the 150 people to slip into the water.".
A spokesman for Libya's naval forces in Tripoli said he had not heard about about the incident.
