Death toll from sunken Lebanon migrant boat rises to 86

[September 24, 2022]  CAIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 86, Syrian state TV said on Saturday.   

People gather near Lebanese Red Cross vehicles that carry dead bodies of people that were aboard a migrant boat which according to Lebanese and Syrian officials sank off at Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon, at the Lebanese-Syrian border crossing in Arida, Lebanon September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Yasmin Hussein; Editing by David Clarke)

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