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ROME: Italy arrested three Libyans and two Algerians on Friday accused of multiple homicide and human trafficking in connection with the presumed death by drowning of more than 200 migrants after a ship capsized in the Mediterranean, police said.
The five were put under formal arrest in Palermo after being questioned on Thursday. Police say migrants were beaten and stabbed during the voyage, with many locked in the hold.
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