A 'Mass Murder In The Mediterranean' Killed Nearly 450 People, Including This Man's Family

A 'Mass Murder In The Mediterranean' Killed Nearly 450 People, Including This Man's Family
In this photo released by the Italian Navy on Monday, June 30, 2014, and taken on Sunday, June 29, 2014, motor boats from the Italian frigate Grecale approach a boat overcrowded with migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. The bodies of some 30 would-be migrants were found in in the hold of a packed smugglers' boat making its way to Italy, the Italian navy said Monday. The boat was carrying nearly 600 people, and the remaining 566 survivors were rescued by the navy frigate Grecale and were headed to the port at Pozzallo, on the southern tip of Sicily. (AP Photo/Italian Navy, ho)
In this photo released by the Italian Navy on Monday, June 30, 2014, and taken on Sunday, June 29, 2014, motor boats from the Italian frigate Grecale approach a boat overcrowded with migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. The bodies of some 30 would-be migrants were found in in the hold of a packed smugglers' boat making its way to Italy, the Italian navy said Monday. The boat was carrying nearly 600 people, and the remaining 566 survivors were rescued by the navy frigate Grecale and were headed to the port at Pozzallo, on the southern tip of Sicily. (AP Photo/Italian Navy, ho)

In early September, according to eyewitnesses, Egyptian smugglers deliberately sunk a boat carrying about 450 migrants, most of them Palestinians fleeing Gaza after this summer’s war. The UN's human rights chief called it "mass murder in the Mediterranean."

It was the worst shipwreck to take place in recent years: Only 11 of the 450 passengers are known to have survived. Shukri Alassouli is one of them.

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