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MIGRANTS LEFT TO DIE IN SEA, AID GROUP SAYS

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A migrant aid group has accused Libya’s coast guard of abandoning three people in the Mediterran­ean Sea, including a woman and a toddler who died, after intercepti­ng 160 Europe-bound migrants near the shores of the North African nation. Proactiva Open Arms, a Spanish rescue group, said it found one woman alive Tuesday and another dead, along with a toddler’s body, amid the remains of a destroyed migrant boat off the Libyan coast. The organizati­on posted images of the wreckage on social media, accusing a merchant ship and Libya’s coast guard for failing to help.

 ?? PAU BARRENA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES ?? Members of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue a woman in the Mediterran­ean Sea on Tuesday.
PAU BARRENA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Members of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue a woman in the Mediterran­ean Sea on Tuesday.

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