Egypt recovered 33 more bodies Tuesday (September 27th) from the wreckage of the migrant boat that capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Egypt's Rosetta last week, Egypt's Ahram Online reported.
The death toll has now reached 202.
The bodies were retrieved when a specialised ship and divers from Egypt's Petroleum Marine Services raised the boat to the surface earlier Tuesday, with a live Facebook broadcast showing the process and attempts by Egyptian navy personnel to inspect the boat.
Survivors have said up to 450 migrants were on board the overcrowded fishing vessel headed to Italy from Egypt when it keeled over about 12 kilometres off the port city of Rosetta on September 14th, AFP reported.
Egypt's military says 163 survivors have been rescued.
On Monday, police detained the owner of the vessel. He will be questioned by prosecutors and is expected to face charges of human trafficking and involuntary manslaughter, a police official and a judicial source said.
