50名移徙者在引擎故障后遭受酷刑,并被扔下船;19人在西班牙被捕。 Fifty migrants tortured and thrown overboard after engine failure; 19 arrested in Spain.

西班牙警察说,50名移民据称在船只发动机失灵时被指控施行巫术,然后被从穿越地中海的一条拥挤的船上扔下船。 Fifty migrants were allegedly tortured and thrown overboard from a crowded boat crossing the Mediterranean after being accused of witchcraft when the vessel's engine failed, Spanish police say. 248名幸存者在达赫拉附近的非洲沿海被西班牙海岸警卫队营救,并被带往大加那利。 The 248 survivors were rescued by the Spanish Coastguard off the African coast near Dakhla and taken to Gran Canaria. 当局逮捕了19名男子 -- -- 16名塞内加尔人和一名冈比亚人 -- -- 并把他们还押候审,这是对指称的大规模虐待和杀害行为进行的持续调查的一部分。 Authorities have arrested 19 men—16 Senegalese and one Gambian—and remanded them in custody as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged mass abuse and killings. 这一事件凸显了试图前往欧洲危险的海上旅程的移民所面临的极端危险。 The incident underscores the extreme dangers faced by migrants attempting the perilous sea journey to Europe.