Prosecutors: Capsized boat captain and crew member arrested

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

CATANIA, Sicily -- Prosecutors said Tuesday they arrested the captain and a crew member of the boat in which as many as 900 people are feared to have drowned in the unremitting waves of migrants seeking to escape from war-torn Libya.

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