At least 29 people have been killed after a boat carrying around 600 people capsized off Egypt’s coast, the latest tragedy top befall migrants attempting to make the perilous journey to Europe.
The boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Burg Rashid in the northern province of Beheira.
Of the 29 bodies found so far, 18 were men, 10 were women while one was a child, local officials say.
“Initial information indicates that the boat sank because it was carrying more people than its limit. The boat tilted and the migrants fell into the water,” Reuters reports a senior security official in Beheira to say.
Rescue workers have so far saved 150 people.
The boat was carrying Syrian and African migrants.
It was not immediately clear where the boat was headed, though officials said they believed it was going to Italy.
