August 31, 2014 04:14 pm | Updated 04:14 pm IST - TRIPOLI
Bodies of victims who died in a boat capsize near Libya being brought to Sicily, Italy on August 26, 2014. Over 100 are feared dead in another capsize on Sunday.
A Libyan coast guard official said a boat carrying more than 100 migrants has capsized off the coast near the capital.
Abdel-Latif Mohammed said the coast guard found the damaged rubber boat early Sunday off the shores of al-Qarbouli, 50 kilometres east of Tripoli. The coast guard has not yet confirmed the number of deaths but estimated the boat carried at least 100 people.
Last week at least 100 African migrants, including five children, drowned in the same area.
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