Nine men suspected of crewing a migrant smuggling ship that sank off Greece leaving more than 500 missing have been placed in pretrial custody.
said women and children were trapped in the hold as the ship capsized and sank within minutes to one of the deepest spots in the Mediterranean.
. This clashes with the Greek coast guard's insistence that neither its patrol boat that escorted the trawler in its last hours nor any other vessel attached a tow rope. Lawyer Athanassios Iliopoulos, representing a 22-year-old Egyptian alleged smuggler, told The AP that all 9 suspects denied the charges in court and claimed to be migrants themselves. Iliopoulos said his client said he sold his truck and borrowed from his parents to raise 4,500 euros for his fare.
"One of the crew had told me there were more than 400 Pakistanis on the boat, and only 11 were saved,” he said. Neseer said other passengers told him a tow line was attached by a “big ship” just before the sinking. He didn't see that “as I was bent low and praying.” Greece has been widely criticized for not trying to save the migrants before the sinking in international waters. Officials in Athens say the passengers refused any help and insisted on proceeding to Italy, adding thatto try and evacuate hundreds of unwilling people off an overcrowded ship.
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