The Tokra branch of the Libyan Red Crescent announced the recovery of a body from a beach in the Al-Mabni area, east of Benghazi, on Saturday.

The Red Crescent said in a statement that a recovery team was dispatched to the area on Friday following a notification from security authorities that a body belonging to a migrant had appeared.

The statement added that the body was transported to a nearby medical facility in cooperation with local authorities.