The results of occupation: 

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Fifty-four Somalis trying to escape Libya are dead or presumed dead after an overcrowded boat with hundreds on board capsized off the coast of Tripoli, the Somali ambassador to Libya said Tuesday.

Abdelghani Mohamed Oweys said the boat that capsized Friday was carrying more than 600 asylum seekers of various Arab and African nationalities -- 240 of whom were Somali.

One survivor, Ibrahim Abdi, said there were 750 people on the ship that went down.

Refugees who arrived on separate boats Saturday in Lampedusa -- an island south of mainland Italy -- reported seeing hundreds of people thrown into the water from the capsized boat, said Laura Boldrini, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Italy.

Boldrini said 16 bodies had been pulled out of the water from the Tripoli harbor. The total number of casualties is unknown.

"From what refugees are telling us, the Libyan authorities are facilitating the departures of non-Libyan citizens from Libyan coasts," Boldrini said. "Refugees are not considered at all as humans. Trips are organized on unlikely vessels, and they leave Libya without considering the weather forecast."

The capsized boat marks the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea involving refugees trying to flee the crisis in Libya.

Since the end of March, two vessels departing from Libya have disappeared -- one carrying 320 people and the other 160, Boldrini said. In addition, "We know of a shipwreck on April 4, where 250 people died," Boldrini said.

One Somali woman told the International Organization for Migration in Lampedusa that she and her 4-month-old baby were on the latest doomed boat. Having lost her baby, the woman swam to shore and boarded another boat heading to Italy, the IOM said in a statement.

Although migrants reported seeing people swimming to shore, it is not clear how many from the boat survived, the IOM said.

A pair of high profile attacks against Shi’ite worshipers commemorating the Ashura holiday have left at least 60 dead and hundreds of others wounded. The Pakistani group Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ), which often targets Shi’ites in Pakistan, claimed credit for the larger of the two attacks.

In this attack, a suicide bomber hit the Abul Fazel shrine as pilgrims gathered. The shrine is in central Kabul and the casualties overwhelmed the area hospitals. Authorities say the toll is expected to rise as many of the wounded are waiting hours for treatment.
A second attack targeted a smaller shrine in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif, killing four people and wounding a number of others.

The Taliban issued a statement condemning the attacks, saying they were “cruel and indiscriminate” and blaming the “invading enemy.” Taliban leaders have recently admonished followers against attacks on Afghan civilians, saying they undermine popular support.