26 Nigerian Teenage Girls Found Dead In Mediterranean Sea In Nov 5, 2017

Salerno, Italy rescued migrants disembark from the Spanish navy ship 'Cantabria' on November 5, 2017 in Salerno, Italy. The Spanish ship rescued around 400 migrants two days ago in the Mediterranean sea, those onboard included 259 men and 116 women, of which 9 pregnant and 26 were dead.

The Italian authorities are investigating the cause of death for 26 girls, estimated to be between the ages of 14 and 18, whose bodies were recovered in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday. The discovery has left officials with many questions. Were the girls purposely killed? why were all the victims female? were they tortured or sexually assaulted?

According to CCN, investigators believe all 26 girls were from Nigeria and attempting migrate from Libya to Europe over the weekend. a notoriously dangerous route.

BBCNews reports that "23 of the dead women had been on a rubber boat with 64 other people." Their bodies were found floating in the water.

Accord to report investigation is still going on and would give more report on that.