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Wounds: Police and Board

wounds: A seriously ill 16-year-old boy died being helped on board, police said, according to Metro News. The agency said the migrants 358 men, 29 women and 116 children, including babies sailed from Libya last week in rubber dinghies and wooden boats. The Norwegian Police Service says the Siem Pilot arrived Sunday in the Sicilian port of Catania with 503 migrants on board. It said many of them were injured, some with gunshot wounds, burn injuries and head wounds. Police said two people on board suspected of being human traffickers were detained and handed over to Italian authorities for further investigation. It did not explain the reasons for the wounds or injuries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.