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Eritrean migrant died from blows suffered in Libya
While boarding raft; police arrest 2 smugglers for homicide
08 May, 16:17
(ANSAmed) - RAGUSA, MAY 8 - A 20-year-old Eritrean whose corps was found on
Wednesday in Pozzallo, where 289 other migrants came ashore, died of blows
to the head and injuries sustained from being trampled.
The man seems to have fallen under the rush of the migrants as they were
forced to board the raft that took them to Italy. The reconstruction of
events by Ragusa police has led to the arrest of two smugglers: a
24-year-old from Sierra Leone and a 19-year-old from Ghana. Both have been
accused of complicity in the man's murder. According to this investigative
account, the young Eritrean was seriously injured by a blow to the head
from a stick used by one of the organizers of the journey, who is said to
have beaten all the migrants to force them to board the raft quickly. The
injury was made worse by the involuntary blows received from other
migrants, who trampled him underfoot in the rush. The Eritrean was
reportedly helped by others from his own country but to no avail. They did
not throw the body overboard as they wanted to give him a proper burial.
The police say that the two human smugglers were complicit - even if
involuntarily so - in the man's death. An autopsy will be carried out in
the Pozzallo cemetery morgue on Thursday and the police will then send the
information and possible charges to the Ragusa prosecutor's office.
(ANSAmed).
Received on Thu May 08 2014 - 15:16:57 EDT