At least 13 women, some pregnant, dead as boat capsizes off Lampedusa

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The Italian coastguard confirmed on Monday it had recovered the bodies of 13 women, some of them pregnant, after a boat carrying around 50 migrants capsized off the island of Lampedusa.

Children who were among those saved in the incident. (Photo: ANSA)

Around a dozen people, reportedly including eight children and other pregnant women, are still missing, the coastguard said.

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