Bodies of 28 migrants found in mass grave in Libya
Investigators have discovered the bodies of 28 migrants next to a detention facility in the desert in southern Libya.
The Libyan Attorney General’s Office discovered the grave north of the city of Kufra, where dozens of migrants had been detained, according to a statement issued Sunday.
Security forces freed 76 migrants from the facility.
A gang had presumably “deprived illegal migrants of their liberty, tortured them and subjected them to cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment.”
Kufra is located in south-eastern Libya in a desert area not far from the Egyptian and Sudanese borders.
The security situation in Libya remains risky after years of civil war.
Armed groups, some of which work with state agencies, operate criminal networks for human trafficking, in which migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are systematically exploited.
There are repeated reports of the most serious human rights violations, including unlawful killings, forced recruitment, forced labour and human trafficking for sexual purposes.
(dpa/NAN)
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