Libyan coastguard opens fire on Italian fishermen from patrol boat donated by Rome It s a miracle we survived , the captain of the ship told Italian reporters
7 May 2021 • 4:41pm
The Italian fishing boat Aliseo was fishing north of the Libyan coast when it was hit by shots fired by a Libyan patrol vessel, seen in the background
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The Libyan coastguard has prompted uproar after it opened fire on Italian fishermen, wounding a skipper, from a patrol vessel donated by the Italian government.
Italian MPs condemned the attack on Thursday and reacted with fury to the revelation that the vessel had been donated by Rome to Libya to help intercept migrants trying to reach southern Europe from the Libyan coast.