1 migrant dead, about 50 others missing, in shipwreck off Italian coasts

ROME, June 17 (Xinhua) -- One person is dead and about fifty others are missing after a shipwreck occurred 100 miles off Italy's southern coast, local media reported on Monday.

The incident happened in the central Mediterranean when a sailing boat capsized 100 miles off the coast of Calabria, according to the Ansa news agency.

A merchant ship in the area conducted the initial rescue, saving twelve people