UN: 74 migrants drown after boat breaks down off Libya coast

UN migration ncy says at least 74 migrants have drowned after a Europe-bound ship broke down off coast of Libya.

trdy on Thursday is latest in a series of at least eight shipwrecks in Central Mediterranean since Oct. 1. boat was carrying over 120 migrants, including women and children, when it capsized off coast of Libyan port of al-Khums.

That's according to International Organization for Migration. Only 47 people were rescued by Libyan coast guard and fisherman and brought to shore.