Greece boat wreck victims asked for prayers before leaving Libya

Hameedullah Afridi was travelling on a boat from Libya to Europe when he disappeared [Courtesy of Naeem Afridi]

Naeem Afridi last spoke to his brother, Hameedullah, on June 12 as he was travelling on a boat from Libya headed to Europe.

“Hameedullah told me ‘Don’t worry. I’m just eight or nine hours away from Europe’,” Naeem told Al Jazeera. “And he told me that when he arrived he would contact me.”