145 Egyptians washed out to sea are returned home

The bodies of 145 Egyptians killed in the floods after Storm Daniel have been repatriated by the authorities in eastern Libya.

They were picked up by the local coastguard after being washed out to sea from Derna.

One survivor told the Tobruk Coastguard that most of them were originally from al-Sharif village in Egypt’s Beni Suef region.

In accordance with Islamic rites, they were taken to a mosque in the port city of Tobruk to be cleaned before being returned home.

Many Egyptians live and work across the border in Libya – mainly in the east. Egypt’s Al-Ahram news website estimates the number is 140,000 – making them the second-largest migrant group in Libya. —BBC