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Four Bangladeshi nationals were among those killed after two boats carrying migrants and asylum seekers capsized off the coast of Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Saturday, reports Al Jazeera.

The organisation said the incidents took place on Thursday night near the coastal city of al-Khums, about 118km east of Tripoli.


According to the Red Crescent, the first boat was carrying 26 Bangladeshi migrants, four of whom died.

The second boat had 69 people on board, including two Egyptians and dozens of Sudanese, along with eight children.

The Red Crescent did not specify the condition of those on the second vessel.