article_snippet.sent: The boat, named Airone, was intercepted some 90 kilometers (56 miles) from the Libyan port of Misrata, according to a statement from the Italian Joint Forces.
article_snippet.sent: The Airone, carrying three Sicilians and four Tunisians, had embarked from Mazara del Vallo in Sicily five days earlier to fish for shrimp.
article_snippet.sent: The Airone's captain said there were about 10 other ships in the area when The Airone was seized, according to Mazzarino.
article_snippet.sent: At a certain point a tug boat came up and flanked Boat and some Libyans came on board," Mazzarino said, quoting the captain, Alberto Figuccia.
article_snippet.sent: And at that point chaos erupted.
article_snippet.sent: On Monday, gunmen on a speedboat fired shots in the air and sped away with a wooden boat that was being used to transport migrants, according to Frontex.
article_snippet.sent: That incident occurred 60 nautical miles from Europe's Mediterranean coast.
article_snippet.sent: The 250 migrants on board had already been transferred on to a different boat, Frontex said on Frontex website.
article_snippet.sent: This is a sign that smugglers in Libya are running short of boats and are more willing to use weapons to recover those used to transport the migrants," said Fabrice Leggeri, Frontex's executive director, in a news release.
article_snippet.sent: Italian police: Muslim migrants threw Christians overboard .
highlights_snippet.sent: Boat was being steered towards Libyan port of Misrata .
  