Nigerians died in Italy sea and buried in Italy

The 26 Nigerian girls and women who were allegedly sexually abused and murdered while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe earlier in November have been buried in Italy on Friday, November 17, 2017.

According to a reporter, Paraic O'Brien, the victims were buried in Salerno, south of Naples, in Italy after autopsies revealed there was no recent trace of physical or sexual violence.

The autopsy revealed that 25 of the victims died of asphyxiation in the water, when the inflatable dinghy they were travelling on sank while the remaining one suffered a wound to her liver.