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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Katy Fallon, Giorgos Christides, Julian Busch and Lydia Emmanouilidou

Greek shipwreck: hi-tech investigation suggests coastguard responsible for sinking

Image of vessel on computer screen with a man's hand pointing towards it
A survivor uses 3D modelling to describe their experience on the night the trawler sank. Photograph: Forensis

Attempts by the Greek coastguard to tow a fishing trawler carrying hundreds of migrants may have caused the vessel to sink, according to a new investigation by the Guardian and media partners that has raised further questions about the incident, which left an estimated 500 people missing

The trawler carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the coast of Greece on 14 June. There were 104 survivors.

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