demagogic_schizoid
27 Mar 2007, 11:52 PM
I've not heard of this happening before - not to say it doesn't, but the scale seems quite unprecedented.
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/the_world/note.jsp?idContent=369396&hideIntro=true
SANAA ? Smugglers taking illegal migrants from Somalia to Yemen forced hundreds of Africans overboard in stormy seas in an effort to make a fast getaway from security forces, officials said yesterday. Thirty-one bodies have been found washed ashore and nearly 90 people remained missing. Passengers who resisted the smugglers were stabbed or beaten with wooden and steel clubs.
They were then thrown overboard where some were attacked by sharks, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said, citing survivors.
??Several recovered bodies showed signs of severe mutilation,?? UNHCR said. ??Survivors also reported that several Ethiopian women and at least one Somali were raped and abused by the smugglers during the voyage from Bosaso in Somalia?s Puntland region. Survivors also alleged that some Yemeni security forces confiscated their money once they reached shore.??
Yemeni officials said there were several boats involved in Thursday?s incident. The dead and missing came from a single wooden boat that was carrying around 120 people, said an official from the local government in Yemen. (AP)
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/the_world/note.jsp?idContent=369396&hideIntro=true
SANAA ? Smugglers taking illegal migrants from Somalia to Yemen forced hundreds of Africans overboard in stormy seas in an effort to make a fast getaway from security forces, officials said yesterday. Thirty-one bodies have been found washed ashore and nearly 90 people remained missing. Passengers who resisted the smugglers were stabbed or beaten with wooden and steel clubs.
They were then thrown overboard where some were attacked by sharks, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said, citing survivors.
??Several recovered bodies showed signs of severe mutilation,?? UNHCR said. ??Survivors also reported that several Ethiopian women and at least one Somali were raped and abused by the smugglers during the voyage from Bosaso in Somalia?s Puntland region. Survivors also alleged that some Yemeni security forces confiscated their money once they reached shore.??
Yemeni officials said there were several boats involved in Thursday?s incident. The dead and missing came from a single wooden boat that was carrying around 120 people, said an official from the local government in Yemen. (AP)