Major police update as 70 migrants killed in Canary Islands ‘sea murders’

Police have issued a major update this afternoon following the deaths of at least 70 migrants in alleged "murders" as they tried to reach the Canary Islands. Local authorities in Gran Canaria confirmed today that several arrests had been made as part of an ongoing criminal investigation after dozens of migrants died en route to the island. Around 320 people left on the boat in late August, and 248 people arrived in the Canary Islands. It had been claimed that some were murdered and their bodies thrown into the Atlantic Ocean, with survivors alleging an unspecified number of victims were...