Migrant boat capsizes off Lebanon; 45 saved, at least 1 dead

By BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Officials in Lebanon say a boat carrying about 60 migrants has capsized off the Lebanese coast, and 45 people have been rescued, while a young girl is confirmed dead and the rest are missing. Transportation Minister Ali Hamieh tells The Associated Press that 17 people had been brought to shore along with the body of the young girl. He says 28 others were rescued later by Lebanon’s navy in the continuing search for people who were aboard the vessel when it capsized Saturday night. Hamieh says authorities have no exact numbers of the migrants because they left the country illegally. But the Lebanese Red Cross says the boat was carrying about 60 migrants.