Several dead, dozens rescued after migrant boat capsizes off Lebanon

Lebanese troops have retrieved at least six corpses after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the eastern Mediterranean on Saturday, state media reported.

The official National News Agency had previously reported that eight corpses were recovered after the boat sank off north Lebanon's coast, with more than 40 people rescued.

The corpse of a young girl was retrieved on Saturday night.

"Forty-five people have been rescued and the corpse of one child," has been retrieved from the boat, which sank near the Lebanese city of Tripoli, Transport Minister Ali Hamie told a local broadcaster.

He said around 60 people were on the vessel carrying illegal migrants out of Lebanon.

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