Libyan official says airstrike kills 40 migrants in Tripoli
Posted Jul 2, 2019 09:39:02 PM.
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BENGHAZI, Libya — A Libyan health official says an airstrike has hit a detention centre for migrants in a suburb of the capital of Tripoli, killing at least 40 people.
Malek Merset, a spokesman for the health ministry of the U.N.-supported government, says the airstrike on the Tajoura detention centre also wounded 80 migrants.
In a statement, the U.N.-supported government blamed the self-styled Libyan National Army, led by commander Khalifa Hifter, for the airstrike.
Libya is split between two warring governments and Hifter’s forces control much of the country’s east and south.
The Associated Press
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