Italy court convicts captain of sunken migrant boat and Syrian national first mate

‘An Italian court has convicted the Tunisian captain of a refugee boat that capsized in the Mediterranean in 2015 killing as many as 900 people in what became the worst disaster in the sea since World War II.
Judges in the Sicilian port city of Catania sentenced Mohammed Ali Malek to 18 years in prison on Tuesday for multiple manslaughter, human trafficking and causing the tragedy after the packed boat sank following a collision with a Portuguese freighter coming to its aid.
Additionally, Syrian national Mahmoud Bikhit, accused of being his first mate, was sentenced to five years in jail for his role in the tragedy off the coast of Libya.’
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