Tunisia retrieves bodies of 10 illegal immigrants

Tunis, April 13 Tunisian coast guards have retrieved bodies of 10 illegal immigrants after two boats capsized off the country's coasts.

"The two boats respectively capsized off the coast of Sfax province in southeastern Tunisia and in the north of the country," National Guard' spokesman Houcemeddine Jbabli said in a statement late Wednesday.

A total of 76 illegal immigrants, comprising four Tunis and 72 sub-Saharan African nationalities, were rescued during the operations, reports Xinhua news agency.

Jbabli emphasized that those immigrants were trying to cross the Mediterranean toward the Italian island of Lampedusa.

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