31 MIGRANTS KILLED BY SHARKS

A GROUP of 31 migrants have died in the latest boat disaster in the Mediterranean after being attacked by SHARKS.

The Libyan Navy said another 40 people were reported missing when it arrived at the scene of two upturned boats which were headed for Europe.

Many of the bodies had bite marks from deadly blue sharks with some of the killer fish spotted nearby.

Three children and 18 women were among the dead.

It described how terrified survivors were found scurrying to get on top of the upturned hulls away from the sharks.

The post read: “We found dozens of bodies floating in the water and two small boats with hundreds of people crowded on board and others holding on or trying to climb aboard to escape from the sharks.”

One sailor added: “There were lots of bodies all around and we saw there were four or five sharks swimming among them – large blue sharks, a very aggressive species.

“When we brought the bodies on board we noticed that some of them had been bitten, so it’s possible that among the missing some may have been eaten.”

The stranded migrants were found 40 miles off the coast of North Africa and were believed to be heading for southern Italy or Malta.

Officials said 200 survived the horrific ordeal.