ALBAWABA - More bodies are found in Libya in mass graves. This times its in the city of Sirte which is the beachside between Benghazi and Tripoli
Fifteen bodies have been exhumed from two mass graves in Sirte according to Anadolu news according to the Libyan authorities and as reported by Anadolu.
15 bodies were exhumed from two mass graves in Libya's coastal city of Sirte, local authorities say https://t.co/QULiJ7Rh5j pic.twitter.com/jCZqP3gHrl
— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) August 31, 2022
The social media has been reporting the news widely quoting the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons which said the two graves were dug up in the garden of the Ibn Sina Hospital after a tip-off from the Sirte District Prosecutor's Office.
15 bodies recovered from two mass graves in Sirtehttps://t.co/eu3AS4KJvx #Libya #ليبيا pic.twitter.com/I5lhXRS8qQ
— Alwasat Libya (@alwasatengnews) August 31, 2022
Forensic teams found the bodies. In 2016 the then Government of National Accord in Tripoli said Sirte was liberated from the ISIS terror group.
Discoveries of mass graves have been common in Libya that experienced a 10-year-old civil war after 2011 including in Tarhuna.
#Libyan authorities said Wednesday that 15 bodies were exhumed from two mass graves in the coastal city of #Sirte, Anadolu Agency reported. pic.twitter.com/lNS9FPS0tw
— CGTN Africa (@cgtnafrica) August 31, 2022
According to Libyan official sources, Haftar’s forces and affiliated militias committed war crimes and acts of genocide between April 2019 and June 2020, according to the Turkish news agency.
#Arraed_News
— Arraed LG+ (@ArraedLG) November 1, 2021
The Director of the Information Office of the Sirte Municipal Council, Mohamed Al-Amael, confirmed in a statement to Arraed on Sunday that they discovered two mass graves in the city, containing about 12 bodies.#Libyahttps://t.co/4avwsQRh3X pic.twitter.com/4oenCkyBKr
