WAZIRABAD: Four Pakistani nationals lost their lives while attempting to illegally travel to Spain, a local TV reported on Sunday.
As per details, the young men, who were hiding in the ship’s cargo, succumbed to suffocation.
According to reports, the incident occurred in Mauritania, where one of the victims has been identified as Abu Huraira, a resident of Wazirabad’s Jinnah Colony.
Family sources revealed that Abu Huraira had left for Spain a month ago, and was sent off by an agent named Usman.
Earlier, a boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain’s Canary islands overnight, killing at least nine people and leaving 48 missing, the national maritime rescue service said on Saturday.
Eighty-four people were on board and 27 were rescued after rescuers responded to a distress call received shortly after midnight from off El Hierro, one of the islands in the archipelago, a statement said.
