A speedboat of the Libyan Coast Guard deliberately crashed into a boat carrying approximately 50 immigrants off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean. After the crash, the boat sank and the immigrants were made to swim to the coast guard ship at the scene. No deaths or injuries were reported.
In Libya, immigrants, mostly African, have been trying to reach European shores through Libya due to insecurity and chaos triggered in the country after leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed.