A Norwegian ship carrying 416
rescued asylum seekers - including 45 women and three children -
and the bodies of 49 men reached port in the Sicilian city of
Catania on Monday.
The victims suffocated of toxic gas inhalation in the hold
of a migrant vessel off the coast of Libya on Sunday.
The 312 survivors of that boat were rescued by an Italian
Navy patrol ship.
A German ship rescued another 104 people off an inflatable
dinghy and transferred them to the Norwegian ship, which then
brought them to Sicily.
"Catania is preparing to receive the survivors and give
compassionate burial to the victims," Mayor Enzo Bianco said
Sunday.
"I have proclaimed citywide mourning Tuesday for this
umpteenth tragedy, which touches the hearts of Catania's
citizens".
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