FIA successfully arrested the main suspect in the Libyan boat accident.
The special team of FIA has arrested the main suspect of the Libyan boat accident in a major operation.
9 Pakistanis killed and 2 missing in Italy-Libya boat accidents, Foreign Office
According to FIA, 15 people belonging to Gujarat were killed in the Libya boat accident, and all the people were sent to Libya by the accused Saeed Ilyas, the accused was arrested by the special team of FIA.
FIA officials said that the accused was wanted in more than 12 cases besides the Libyan boat sinking case, 2 sons of the accused are living in Libya, and he used to send people from Libya to Italy through his sons.
Embassy is assisting in repatriation of dead bodies of Pakistanis, Foreign Office
It should be noted that on February 2023, 59 people were killed when a migrant boat sank in southern Italy, 12 children were among the dead. The people on board the sinking boat belonged to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia and Iran. After the boat accident, the bodies of some people were immediately recovered, while many people went missing.
Local coast guard officials said 80 people were rescued after a migrant boat capsized in Italy. There is no confirmed information about how many people were on board the sinking boat, but rescue workers fear that more than 200 people were on board.