41 migrants have been killed in a shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island, according to reports.
The ANSA news agency reported on Wednesday that four people who survived the shipwreck told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from Sfax in Tunisia.
The survivors said the vessel had sunk on its way to Italy’s shores.
ANSA reported that overnight on Saturday two other shipwrecks off the Italian island left a woman and her infant dead while more than 100 migrants had to be rescued from the water.
The waters in the Strait of Sicily have been extremely rough in recent days, making it had for Italian Coast Guard boats to reach stranded migrants.
