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Lebanese submarine finds 7 bodies from April migrant sinking

In this photo released by the Lebanese Army official Twitter page, shows the boat that sank carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy, following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy, which found by Pisces VI submarine on some 459 meters (about 1,505 feet), in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew on Friday, Aug. 26, announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. (Lebanese Army Website via AP) A technical member team of the small, 3-person underwater craft, a Pisces VI submarine, center top, checks the submarine at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. In late April, a boat carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy sunk following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Col. Haitham Dinnawi, commander of the Lebanese navy, speaks during a press conference the sunken boat that found by Pisces VI submarine, on some 459 meters (about 1,505 feet), at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. In late April, a boat carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy sunk following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Tom Zreika, Lebanese-Australian chairman of Australian charity AusRelief speaks during a press conference at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew on Friday announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. In late April, a boat carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy sunk following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Captain Scott Waters, who drove the small, 3-person underwater craft, a Pisces VI submarine, explains to journalists on a light projector that shows the sank boat during a press conference at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) In this photo released by the Lebanese Army official Twitter page, shows the boat that sank carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy, following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy, which found by Pisces VI submarine on some 459 meters (about 1,505 feet), in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew on Friday, Aug. 26, announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. (Lebanese Army Website via AP) A technical member team of the small, 3-person underwater craft, a Pisces VI submarine, center top, checks the submarine at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. In late April, a boat carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy sunk following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Col. Haitham Dinnawi, commander of the Lebanese navy, speaks during a press conference the sunken boat that found by Pisces VI submarine, on some 459 meters (about 1,505 feet), at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. In late April, a boat carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy sunk following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Tom Zreika, Lebanese-Australian chairman of Australian charity AusRelief speaks during a press conference at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew on Friday announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. In late April, a boat carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy sunk following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Captain Scott Waters, who drove the small, 3-person underwater craft, a Pisces VI submarine, explains to journalists on a light projector that shows the sank boat during a press conference at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lebanese soldiers stand guard next of Pisces VI submarine, which found the sunken boat, some 459 meters (about 1,505 feet), docked at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew on Friday announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. In late April, a boat carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy sunk following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Captain Scott Waters, who drove the small, 3-person underwater craft, a Pisces VI submarine, reacts as he speaks about the dead bodies during a press conference at the Lebanese navy base, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew on Friday announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) In this photo released by the Lebanese Army official Twitter page, shows the boat that sank carrying about 80 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy, following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy, which found by Pisces VI submarine on some 459 meters (about 1,505 feet), in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The Lebanese navy and a submarine crew on Friday, Aug. 26, announced that they found the remains of at least seven of the approximately 30 drowned migrants in a sunken ship off the coast of Tripoli. (Lebanese Army Website via AP)