SHIP ATTACKED OFF LIBYA
MANY ITALIAN PRISONERS KILLED LONDON, February 3. An Admiralty communique states: “It has been reported from the Mediterranean that a large number of Italian prisoners lost their lives as the result of an attack from the Libyan coast by two enemy aircraft, believed to be German, on a ship transporting prisoners of war. The ship was hit and sustained some damage. A large number of casualties was caused among the Italian prisoners, many of which were fatal.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24352, 5 February 1941, Page 5
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