Migrants Kill 10 Passengers On Spain Bound Boat Because Of A Nigerian Priest

Migrants arrested after 'going berserk and killing
ten passengers aboard boat heading from Africa to
Spain after believing priest's prayers caused bad
weather'
*Two migrants arrested for allegedly killing up to 10
boat passengers
*Boat was heading from Africa to Spain when two
men 'went berserk'
*Police believe pair interpreted priest's prayers as
cause of bad weather
*Eight babies among 21 who died on rickety boat
from Morocco to Spain
Two migrants have been arrested after allegedly
going berserk and killing ten passengers aboard a
boat heading from Africa to Spain after believing
that a priest's prayers caused bad weather.
The pair are accused of hitting their victims with
wooden planks which they then used to push them
overboard during a row which began when a
Nigerian priest started praying because he feared
bad weather would capsize the boat.
Police believe the alleged killers wrongly
interpreted the priest's prayers as the cause of the
bad weather, leading them to kill up to ten
passengers on the boat that eight babies perished
on.
They are also suspected of robbing their victims -
mostly Nigerians - of around £1,200 before pushing
them to their deaths.
Only 29 of the 50 people who boarded the rickety
boat in Nador, Morocco, after paying smugglers to
help them reach Spain, made it to Europe.
Eight babies were among those who went overboard
as the boat was rocked by choppy seas.
A three-year-old girl was the only child survivor
along with 28 other adults when rescuers reached it
off the coast of Almeria, south east Spain, in early
December.
The youngsters had been travelling with their
pregnant mothers in the hope of a better life in
Europe.
Sisqo Bambola, the father of twin boys who lost
their life in the tragic voyage, later posted a photo
of the youngsters with their mum on his Facebook
page, announcing: 'Bereavement notice to all those
who have known Sisqo Bambola's twins. This is
their photo. They died in Spanish waters.'
News of the arrests came as a shock in Spain,
where it had been assumed all the victims died
because of the bad weather.
Police said their suspicions were first excited when
they noticed the survivors went out of their way to
avoid contact with the Cameroonian pair, who have
not been named.
African migrants seeking a better life in Europe
often try to reach Spain by crossing the
Mediterranean Sea from Morocco in small boats.
Courtesy: nairaland news
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