LIBYA MASS GRAVE YIELDS 27 MORE BODIES IN TRIPOLI IN PAST 2 DAYS, EXCAVATIONS ONGOING

Mon 04 November 2024:

The number of bodies found in a mass grave from 2011 in Libya’s capital Tripoli, has risen to 73, according to local sources, Anadolu reports.

A statement by the government’s Search and Identification of Missing Persons Authority has said excavation and search operations are ongoing in the Bir al-Esta area of Tajoura, where the mass grave dates back to 2011.

The statement noted that, in the past 48 hours, teams have recovered 27 additional bodies from the grave, bringing the total exhumed to 73.

On Nov. 1, the authority announced that 46 bodies had already been exhumed from the mass grave in the Bi’r al-Esta area.

The Arab Spring, which began in Tunisia, spread to Libya in February 2011. Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, who had ruled the country for 42 years, opened fire with live ammunition on demonstrators.

During events in Benghazi and Tripoli, dozens of civilians lost their lives.

Shortly before Gaddafi fled Tripoli for his hometown of Sirte, intense clashes broke out between regime forces and opposition fighters.

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Haftar’s forces and affiliated militias are accused by rights group of committing war crimes and acts of genocide in Libya in the period between April 2019 and June 2020.

According to Human Rights Watch, 338 people have been identified as having been abducted or disappeared during the five-year rule of the Kaniyat.

“Residents reported that the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed and (caused the) disappearance of people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so,” HRW said.

The Libyan government has repeatedly called on the UN, the International Criminal Court (ICC) and human rights groups to demand an international investigation into the mass graves.

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