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Libya detention centre attack is possible war crime, says UN envoy [View all]
Libya detention centre attack is possible war crime, says UN envoy
Warlord Khalifa Haftar blamed for airstrikes in which at least 44 people are killed
Patrick Wintour
Wed 3 Jul 2019 12.38 BST First published on Wed 3 Jul 2019 04.20 BST
At least 44 people, and possibly many more, have been killed in the bombing of a detention centre south of Tripoli condemned by the UN Libya envoy as a possible war crime.
Ghassan Salamé said the attack, apparently carried out by forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar, “clearly could constitute a war crime, as it killed by surprise innocent people whose dire conditions forced them to be in that shelter”.
At least 130 people were injured in the attack on the Tajoura detention centre, which the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) said had been hit by two airstrikes.
Most of the dead will be people held in detention after attempting to reach Europe on clandestine sea crossings from Libya.
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Warlord Khalifa Haftar blamed for airstrikes in which at least 44 people are killed
Patrick Wintour
Wed 3 Jul 2019 12.38 BST First published on Wed 3 Jul 2019 04.20 BST
At least 44 people, and possibly many more, have been killed in the bombing of a detention centre south of Tripoli condemned by the UN Libya envoy as a possible war crime.
Ghassan Salamé said the attack, apparently carried out by forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar, “clearly could constitute a war crime, as it killed by surprise innocent people whose dire conditions forced them to be in that shelter”.
At least 130 people were injured in the attack on the Tajoura detention centre, which the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) said had been hit by two airstrikes.
Most of the dead will be people held in detention after attempting to reach Europe on clandestine sea crossings from Libya.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/03/air-strike-kill-libya-tripoli-migrant-detention-centre
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