UN: More than 800 people dead in Med sinking is worst ever

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BERLIN, Rajab 2, 1436, Apr 21, 2015, SPA -- More than 800 people drowned when a boat packed with migrants trying to reach Europe sank on Saturday, the worst such incident ever in the Mediterranean, AP cited the United Nations refugee agency as saying. A spokesman for the Geneva-based U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said it has finished interviewing most of the 28 survivors. Adrian Edwards said Tuesday that the agency believes more than 800 people died, "making this the deadliest incident in the Mediterranean that we have recorded." --SPA 16:01 LOCAL TIME 13:01 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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