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Libyan coastal forces fire warning shots at NGO ship during rescue for the second time
A member of the crew tends to a rescued refugee
THE EU-supported Libyan coastal security forces fired warning shots and carried out “risky manoeuvres” as a ship was attempting to save the lives of more than 60 refugees today.
The Alan Kurdi, a vessel operated by the German charity Sea Eye, was alerted to an emergency in the Libyan search-and-rescue zone this morning by the activists’ network Alarm Phone.
Arriving at the scene an hour later, the Alan Kurdi's crew found a wooden boat with 68 people on board. None of them had a life jacket.
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