Greece says five aid team members killed in Libya accident
They were sent to help after devastating floods that hit Derna
18 September, 12:55
(ANSA-AFP) - ATHENS, SEP 18 - Five members of a Greek
humanitarian aid team, sent to Libya after the devastating
floods that hit Derna, have been killed in a road accident,
Greek officials said on Monday, raising a previous toll. "Five
bodies, including three officials of the Greek army and two
translators from the Greek foreign ministry who were part of the
aid team will be repatriated to Athens on Monday," the Greek
chiefs of staff said in a statement. Prime Minister Kyriakos
Mitsotakis called the accident a "tragedy... that unfortunately
killed five members of the Greek delegation". "The whole country
is in mourning," Mitsotakis said on Facebook. Libyan authorities
had on Sunday said that four people had died in an accident that
occurred when the Greek team was en route from Benghazi to
Derna, 300 kilometres (185 miles) to the east. (ANSA-AFP).