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Gunships attempt to prevent NGO rescue of 91 refugees off the coast of Libya
Social media post claims the armed men were not part of the EU-funded Libyan Coastguard
Men in a gunboat flying the Libyan flag sail past a Sea Eye rescue team pulling a refugee out of the water
[Sea Eye]
HEAVILY ARMED men fired shots over the heads of refugees and the crew of an NGO ship off the coast of Libya on Saturday while a rescue operation was taking place.
German charity Sea Eye’s ship, the Alan Kurdi, was notified of a refugee boat in distress by the activist network Alarm Phone on Saturday morning.
The crew headed towards the boat’s GPS position and found around 91 people sat atop a deflating rubber dinghy taking on water.
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