Muslims who were among migrants trying to get
from Libya to Italy in a boat this week threw 12
fellow passengers overboard, killing them because
the 12 were Christians, Italian police say. The
Police disclosed 15 people have been arrested in
connection of the murder.
According to reports, a group of 105 people left
Libya on Tuesday in a rubber boat and sometime
during the trip across the Mediterranean Sea, the
alleged assailants, Muslims from the Ivory Coast,
Mali and Senegal, threw the 12 overboard over
religious argument.
Other people on the voyage told police that they
themselves were spared "because they strongly
opposed the drowning attempt and formed a
human chain."
The boat was later intercepted by an Italian navy
vessel, which transferred the passengers to a
Panamanian-flagged ship, after which the arrests
were made. The 12 who died were from Nigeria
and Ghana, the police said.
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