The Ptolemais Marine Rescue Unit announced on Saturday the start of search operations for a young man who went missing at sea off the Karsa area, west of the city of Derna.
According to a brief statement from the unit, rescue teams are combing the shoreline in an attempt to find the missing person, without specifying how long he has been missing.
Circulating information indicated that the young man is named Habib Mustafa Al-Sabri, a resident of Benghazi.
It is noteworthy that the Marine Rescue Department in the Eastern Region had warned earlier today that the sea was not suitable for swimming due to rough waves, which increases the difficulty of the search operations.