2002-09-22
Location: Scoglitti beach, in the province of Ragusa (Italy)
A smuggler abandons a group of migrants from Tunisia in the sea, 300 meters from the beach of Scoglitti, in the province of Ragusa.
14 people die whose bodies are found 40 kilometers from Ragusa, while about fifty of them manage to save themselves. The smuggler is arrested at sea while trying to escape towards Gela.
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