Migrants’ bodies in Libya mass graves had gunshot wounds, IOM says

Geneva – Some bodies of immigrants found in two mass graves in Libya, which the International Organization for Migration said on Monday, said on Monday that there were 70 bodies on one of the site.

The Libyan Attorney General said on Sunday that at least 28 bodies were recovered from a mass grave in the desert north of Kafra city, and a group to torture illegal immigrants and subjugate them to inhumane treatment. The accused has been blamed.

It states that authorities are conducting a forensic test to understand the cause of their deaths and have detained three suspects.

The Security Directorate accused a famous smuggling network, saying that 19 other bodies were found in a mass grave in the Jachara area in southeastern Libya.

On February 5, the bodies of migrants were discovered in a mass grave in the Libyan city of Jachara.District Security Direct by Reuters

Franz Peruchchch, a senior program for immigration and border governance in the International Organization for Migration, told Reuters that the 19 bodies showed “signs of wounded, including wounds and firing indicators”.

Meanwhile, there were 30-70 bodies in the grave in Kofra, Pravich said while talking to the capital, Tripoli.

IOM could not provide details about how long the bodies had been in the graves, but said they would probably be there for some time.

Last March, the bodies of 65 migrants were found in a mass grave in the southwest of the country.

Libya has turned into a transit route for immigrants escaping in the Mediterranean conflict and poverty. According to Libya, about 22 % of the 965 deaths and the disappearances of immigrants were eliminated, according to it. IOM’s lost refugee project.

In late January, Libyan officials said they had released 263 immigrants from all the entire nationalities, saying they were “kept in a very bad human and health situation.”

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