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flag Fifty migrants tortured and thrown overboard after engine failure; 19 arrested in Spain.

flag 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. flag The 248 survivors were rescued by the Spanish Coastguard off the African coast near Dakhla and taken to Gran Canaria. flag 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. flag The incident underscores the extreme dangers faced by migrants attempting the perilous sea journey to Europe.

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