Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Quoting The Red Crescent and local government representatives, Bangladesh Ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar said that 23 bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, were washed up on Libya's shores.

"However, since they did not have any kind of documentation on them, there is no way to confirm if they are indeed Bangladeshis," the ambassador said in a live stream on Facebook on Sunday, UNB reports.

"Those who were responsible for processing the bodies for burial said the bodies 'looked' to be of Bangladeshis," he further said.

"A group of 56 migrants left the shores of Libya on January 25. The boat might have felt the accident the same night," he said.

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