CAIRO, Egypt, June 17, SPA -- A fishing vessel carrying about 150 illegal migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea near theLibyan coast earlier this month and only two peoplesurvived, the Egyptian ambassador to Libya said Tuesday. Ambassador Mohammed Rifaah learned of the June 7 incidenton Sunday, when he visited the only Egyptian survivor, WaelNagy Abdel-Moutagali, now in prison in the northern Libyancity of Sorman. According to the survivor, the boat carried illegalimmigrants of various nationalities, including about 50Egyptians, when it sank some 65 kilometers (40 miles) offthe Libyan coast, the ambassador told The Associated Press. The bodies of the dead are still being collected as theywash ashore, he added. Other nationalities on boardincluded Moroccans, Somalians and Bangladeshis, and theonly other survivor was a Bangladeshi. Rifaah said Abdel-Moutagali told him he managed to swimfor a long while until a fishing boat rescued him. He washanded over to Libyan authorities who first took him to ahospital, then to a prison. «Thanks God he survived to tell us the whole story andtell us what exactly happened, » Rifaah said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/565951