ROME — A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa , killing at least 26 people and leaving about a dozen missing, the Italian coast guard and U.N. agencies said.

At least 26 migrants died Wednesday when two boats sank off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa island, with around 10 others still missing, the coastguard and UN officials said.It was a helicopter from Italy's financial police that spotted a capsized boat and several bodies in the water on Wednesday,

Authorities have recovered 20 bodies, and are searching for another 12 to 17 survivors, according to the UN refugee agency. View on euronews