Hundreds of migrants locked in hold
A smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off Libya's coast as rescuers approached, causing what is feared to be the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy.
Italian prosecutors said a Bangladeshi survivor told them 950 people were aboard, including hundreds who had been locked in the hold by smugglers.
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