April 23 (Reuters) – A boat carrying around 60 people sank off Lebanon’s port of Tripoli on Saturday, Al Djadid TV reported, citing the Lebanese Red Cross.
The Lebanese government said in a statement that Prime Minister Najib Mikati was monitoring the sinking of a passenger boat that left illegally from southern Tripoli.
Al Djadid said ambulances had been dispatched to the scene of the sinking without giving further details.
(Report Moataz Mohamed and Ahmed Tolba; French version Camille Raynaud)