Search resumes for bodies from Italian shipwreck
Divers are resuming the search for bodies from a fiery shipwreck of a fishing boat packed with 500 migrants from Eritrea.
Financial police Major Leonardo Ricci said divers began the search around 10am on Sunday and would continue “as long as the sea is calm and there is light”.
The search off the Italian island or Lampedusa had been suspended for the last two days due to rough seas and Mr Ricci said officials do not know yet if bodies seen before on the seabed had been displaced by currents.
As many as 250 people remain missing from Thursday’s shipwreck. There are 155 survivors and 111 bodies recovered.
The coffins of the migrants killed have been lined up in long rows inside an airport hangar where survivors of the tragedy paid their respects yesterday.
All of the caskets had a single rose on top except for the four of the youngest victims, which had stuffed animals.
