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Death toll in Cutro shipwreck rises to 93

Body of young man found 60 miles from coast

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 3 - The death toll in the February 26 migrant boat shipwreck rose to 93 on Monday following the recovery of the body of a man thought to be aged between 20 and 25.
    The body was recovered by the Italian coast guard around 60 miles from the Italian coast after being spotted by a US aircraft carrier.
    80 refugees and migrants survived the shipwreck, which happened when a migrant boat carrying approximately 180 people broke up in heavy seas in a rock shoal not far from the beach at Steccato di Cutro in Italy's southern Calabria region. (ANSA).
   

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