Migrants’ bodies in Libya mass graves had gunshot wounds, IOM says
Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya bore gunshot wounds, the International Organization for Migration said Monday, adding that one of the sites is thought to contain up to 70 bodies.
GENEVA — Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya bore gunshot wounds, the International Organization for Migration said Monday, adding that one of the sites is thought to contain up to 70 bodies.
Libya’s attorney general said Sunday that at least 28 bodies had been recovered from a mass grave in the desert north of Kufra city and blamed a gang for subjecting illegal migrants to torture and inhumane treatment.
It said the authorities were conducting forensic tests to understand the cause of their deaths and had detained three suspects.
That followed 19 other bodies being found in a mass grave in the Jikharra area, also in southeastern Libya, a security directorate said, blaming a known smuggling network.
Bodies of migrants discovered in a mass grave in Jikharra, Libya, on Feb. 5.Alwahat District Security Direct via ReutersFranz Prutsch, senior program coordinator for immigration and border governance at the International Organization for Migration, told Reuters that those 19 bodies showed “signs of injuries, including inflicted wounds and gunshots.”
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