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July 3, 2019
Over 40 migrants werekilled in an air strike early late on July 2 on their detention centre in aTripoli suburb blamed on Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has been tryingfor three months to seize the capital. The UN said the air strike “may amountto a war crime”. More than 130 people were also wounded in the in the raid onTajoura, the statement added.
More than 40 migrantswere killed in a late night air strike on their detention centre in a Tripolisuburb blamed on Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, triggering internationaloutcry at the bloodshed on Wednesday.
The strike “clearlycould constitute a war crime”, said UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame.
Bodies were strewn onthe floor of the hangar, mixed with the belongings and blood-soaked clothes ofmigrants, an AFP photographer said.
Tuesday night’s strikeleft a hole some three meters in diameter at the centre of the hangar,surrounded by debris ripped from the metal structure by the force of the blast.