News in Brief --(2022-04-18)

Migrants' boat capsizes off Libyan coast
TRIPOLI, Apr 17: A small wooden boat carrying about 35 migrants capsized off the Libyan coast and six bodies have been retrieved, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Saturday. The 29 others are missing and presumed dead after Friday's accident, it said. At least 53 migrants have been reported dead or missing off Libya this week alone, the IOM said.

Philippines road crash leaves 4 dead
MANILA, Apr 17: A car negotiating a sharp curve plunged off a northern Philippine mountain road into a 100-meter ravine Saturday morning, killing four people, police said. The police said the victims were all family members-a couple and their children aged 27 and 12. The family was reportedly heading back to their home from another town when their car fell off the road into a river in Tabuk city in Kalinga province. Initial investigation showed that the father was driving the car. — Xinhua

12 hurt in S Carolina mall shooting
COLUMBIA, Apr 17: Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina's capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack. Three people who had firearms have been detained in connection with the Saturday afternoon shooting at Columbiana Centre, Columbia Police Chief W.H. "Skip" Holbrook said. He said at least one of those three people fired a weapon. "We don't believe this was random," Holbrook said. "We believe they knew each other and something led to the gunfire." — AP