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U.N.: At least eight mass graves discovered in Libya |
2020-06-13 |
[UPI] The United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... on Thursday announced the Government of National Accord is investigating the discovery of at least eight mass graves in Libya. The U.N. Support Mission in Libya said it welcomed a decision by the justice minister to establish a committee to investigate, secure the mass graves, identify the victims, establish causes of death and return the bodies to next of kin. "UNSMIL notes with horror the discovery of at least eight mass graves in past days, the majority of them in Tarhuna. International law requires that the authorities conduct prompt, effective and transparent investigations into all alleged cases of unlawful deaths," the organization said. Lutfi Tevfik Misrati, head of an office of the Libyan government investigating disappearances, said there were 10 to 12 bodies in one of the graves. "The region is full of corpses," Misrati said. The Libyan army recently liberated Tarhuna from forces loyal to rebel Khalifa Haftar ![]() and the government announced Friday it found 106 bodies in a hospital in the town shortly after the rebel forces were removed. Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashaga said Haftar's militias burned some prisoners in containers and buried others alive in mass graves. |
Posted by:Fred |
#5 Mass graves, eh? I guess nobody keeps pigs. |
Posted by: SteveS 2020-06-13 18:38 |
#4 The deaths are only 'unlawful' as in they defy the Geneva conventions, which are immaterial to muslim nations anyway. Even if Haftar's men killed them, they were just troublemaker ragheads which any other army would have imprisoned and burdened their own taxpayers with feeding, until they escaped. What's 30 or so UN supported sunni fundamentalists burnt alive ? Jack and shit. And Jack left Libya long ago. |
Posted by: Dron66046 2020-06-13 17:01 |
#3 automatically blaming haftar. The GNA are the ones I I wouls suspect. |
Posted by: Chris 2020-06-13 12:13 |
#2 "The region is full of corpses," Misrati said. Did they have an archeologist to date the findings? |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-06-13 07:44 |
#1 Usually, I disregard anything UN says. But, given that it's a civil war in an Arab country... |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-13 04:51 |