This is the moment a charity rescue ship came under heavy machine gun fire from the Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean as its crew raced to help a stricken migrant boat.
Britons were among the crew of the Ocean Viking, which had already rescued 87 people from two sinking boats when it turned towards a third distress signal on August 24.
The attack happened about 40 nautical miles north of the Libyan coast, outside Libyan territorial waters.
As the Norwegian-flagged ship changed course, a Libyan patrol boat closed in at high speed, and crew members said the officers were armed and opened fire without warning.
Crew members say the incident occurred despite the relevant authorities being informed about their mission.
