About 20 Lebanese residents of the Akkar town of Qabeit drowned in the sea as they were sailing from Indonesia to Australia, Voice of Lebanon ( 93.3) reported on Friday.
According to VOL they were sailing in fishing boats .
No other details were provided
Indonesians do this all the time.
Indonesians do this all the time.
More than 20 Lebanese illegal
immigrants drowned on Friday while they were sailing in the Indonesian
sea.
About 20 of the victims were from of the town of Qabeit, in Akkar
district, north Lebanon, Ahmad Mohammad Darwish, mayor of Qabeit, stated to
KUNA, adding that they passed away when their ferryboat sank into the sea while
sailing from Indonesia to Australia this morning.
Darwish noted that only
seven people survived the incident; including Lebanese Ibrahim Abdulwahed Omar,
who telephoned his father in Lebanon about the sinking of the ferryboat in the
Indonesian regional water.
In the same context, another survivor affirmed to
LBC TV Channel that 20 Lebanese citizens, mostly women and children, drowned
when their ferryboat faced a technical difficulty during sailing, adding that
other survivors swam to nearby islands.
Also, he pointed out that the
ferryboat crew members were from various nationalities, adding that he
personally paid them around USD 9,000 to 10,000 to smuggle him and his family
from Indonesia to Australia.
Thank you.
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More than 20 Lebanese illegal
immigrants drowned on Friday while they were sailing in the Indonesian
sea.
About 20 of the victims were from of the town of Qabeit, in Akkar
district, north Lebanon, Ahmad Mohammad Darwish, mayor of Qabeit, stated to
KUNA, adding that they passed away when their ferryboat sank into the sea while
sailing from Indonesia to Australia this morning.
Darwish noted that only
seven people survived the incident; including Lebanese Ibrahim Abdulwahed Omar,
who telephoned his father in Lebanon about the sinking of the ferryboat in the
Indonesian regional water.
In the same context, another survivor affirmed to
LBC TV Channel that 20 Lebanese citizens, mostly women and children, drowned
when their ferryboat faced a technical difficulty during sailing, adding that
other survivors swam to nearby islands.
Also, he pointed out that the
ferryboat crew members were from various nationalities, adding that he
personally paid them around USD 9,000 to 10,000 to smuggle him and his family
from Indonesia to Australia.
Thank you.
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