Lebanese submarine finds 7 bodies from April migrant sinking

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — A small, 3-crew submarine has found the remains of seven migrants who drowned when their boat sank in late April off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board. The boat was carrying around 80 Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy when it went down following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. Seven bodies were recovered that night, including one of a child, while 48 survivors were pulled from the Mediterranean Sea. Capt. Scott Waters, who operated the submarine, told reporters at a press conference in Tripoli on Friday that one body was found outside the wreck and six more inside.