Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya bore gunshot wounds, the International Organization for Migration said on Monday, adding that one of the sites is thought to contain up to 70 bodies.
Libya's security authorities have already recovered at least 28 bodies from the bigger of the two mass graves © Mena Today
Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya bore gunshot wounds, the International Organization for Migration said on Monday, adding that one of the sites is thought to contain up to 70 bodies.
"The (IOM) has expressed shock and concern at the discovery of two mass graves in Libya containing the bodies of dozens of migrants, some with gunshot wounds," it said.
Libya's security authorities have already recovered at least 28 bodies from the bigger of the two mass graves in the desert of southeast Libya, the attorney general's office said on Sunday.
Reporting by Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Aguila Saleh, Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, to reaffirm Egypt’s unwavering support for Libya’s sovereignty, unity, and national institutions.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had pulled its last remaining inspectors from Iran as a standoff over their return to the country's nuclear facilities bombed by the United States and Israel deepens.
At least four people died when a vessel capsized while being towed in the Gulf of Suez, one of Egypt's prominent Red Sea oil production sites, the vessel operator's Saudi Arabian owner, ADES Holding Company, said on Wednesday.
To make this website run properly and to improve your experience, we use cookies. For more detailed information, please check our Cookie Policy.
Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.