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At least 43 people have drowned after a boat ferrying suspected migrants capsized off the Egyptian coast.
Egyptian officials say the boat was carrying 600 people when it capsized. Around 150 have been rescued while about 400 could still be missing. The vessel overturned off the port city of Rosetta, police and health officials said.
Five survivors, handcuffed to beds in a Rosetta hospital room, told AFP up to 450 people were on board.
“The boat sunk. My three children died,” said Badr Abdel Hamid, 28, before breaking into tears.
“We were 450 people on board. We left at 2:00 am. An hour an half later, it capsized. Whoever knew how to swim, swam. We even abandoned the women and children,” said Ahmed Mohamed, 27.
