40 immigrants die in boat off Senegal: police
December 10, 2007
DAKAR (AFP) — Some 40 Africans died at sea off Senegal as they were trying to reach the Canary Islands, police said Monday, quoting survivors.
They said the boat had set off at the end of November from Diogue Island in southern Senegal, with 130 people aboard, but only 90 were left when it ran aground north of Dakar on Saturday.
Some 70 survivors, including the vessel’s captain, had fled before police arrived.
Police spokesman Colonel Alioune Ndiaye told AFP that some remaining survivors had spoken of 40 people who "died at sea and were thrown overboard" during the voyage.
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