30 Egyptian migrants drown in Mediterranean

Egyptian security forces said they found the bodies of 30 undocumented migrants floating in the Mediterranean Sea north of Alexandria. The young men from the governorates of Kafr al-Sheik, Gharbiya, Damietta and Alexandria drowned in an attempt to emigrate from Egypt to Italy, al-Masry al-Youm reported Friday. They were aboard a fishing boat for a week before it sank, the report said. Security officials arrested the vessel's owner, who investigators said took $8,400 from each passenger and received a call from someone on board before the boat sank but didn't alert authorities.