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"We are witnessing quite often really weird and aggressive behavior coming from the so-called Libyan coast guard against persons on the move. But this was the first time where we received death threats and also basically straight calls against our aircraft that they will shoot us down. "spokesperson
The Libyan coast guard reportedly ordered a Sea-Watch aircraft to leave or face being fired at with missiles. The Libyans ultimately pulled migrants from the Mediterranean before sinking their boat.
The German non-governmental organization Sea-Watch is accusing the Libyan coast guard of threatening to shoot down their monitoring plane that helps documented the interception of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea
NGO Sea-Watch accuses Libya Coast Guard of threatening to shoot down their plane that documents migrants. Libyans pulled dozens of migrants onto their vessel and shot their boat.