A boat carrying nearly 250 illegal immigrants crashed near Al-Khums city, killing up to155 people.
Other 134 illegal immigrants were announced rescued through an operation done by the Libyan Coast Guard.
The coast guard and port security authorities said that the fishermen were informed of the boat crash and coordinated with the specialized teams in an attempt to rescue the immigrants.
The first group of the fishermen succeeded to rescue 82 migrants from different African and Arab countries including Eritrea, Palestine and Sudan.
By the end of the rescuing operation after the intervention of the Coast Guard, they succeeded to save 134 migrants. Also one body was recovered while other victims were considered missing, by drowning in the sea.
