Nigeria Investigates Death of 26 Teenage Nigerians Off Coast of Italy

9 November 2017

The Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it has begun an in-depth investigation into the death of 26 teenage Nigerian girls who reportedly died in the Mediterranean Sea, off coast of Italy, while attempting to cross from Libya to Europe.

According to the ministry's spokesperson, Tope Adeleye Elias-Fatile, the ministry has received a reliable report from the Nigerian Mission in Rome ascertaining that bodies of 26 teenage Nigerians, all of whom are girls, were discovered in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

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