At least 30 dead after migrant ship rips apart near Italy's shores

ROME, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 30 migrants died early Sunday when their boat ripped apart off the coast of Italy, Italian media reports said.

Italian state radio reports said the exact death count was still uncertain as of mid-morning local time Sunday as most of the dead bodies washed up on or near to the shores of Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort town in the southern Italian region of Calabria. At least