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10 women died when dinghy sank off coast of Libya

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Catania, July 1 - Two suspected human traffickers have been detained in Catania in relation to a migrant-boat wreck in the Strait of Sicily on Thursday in which 10 women died, ANSA sources said on Friday. The Italian Coast Guard saved over 100 people from the wreck. The suspected traffickers are a Senegalese and a Gambian. The pair will face charges of abetting illegal immigration and also, possibly, manslaughter, judicial sources said. In a separate case, two minors were arrested for migrant smuggling near Ragusa.
   

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