Alexandria - UPI
Egyptian security forces said they found the bodies of 30 undocumented migrants floating in the Mediterranean Sea north of Alexandria. The young men from the governorates of Kafr al-Sheik, Gharbiya, Damietta and Alexandria drowned in an attempt to emigrate from Egypt to Italy, al-Masry al-Youm reported Friday. They were aboard a fishing boat for a week before it sank, the report said. Security officials arrested the vessel\'s owner, who investigators said took $8,400 from each passenger and received a call from someone on board before the boat sank but didn\'t alert authorities.