Libya coast guard intercepts 126 Europe-bound migrants

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard says it’s intercepted 126 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast.
Monday’s statement by spokesman Ayoub Gassim says a rubber boat, with 118 men, four women and four children, was stopped Sunday off Libya’s coastal town Garabulli, 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the capital’ Tripoli.
He says the migrants, identified as African, were returned to shore and would be taken to a detention center in Tripoli