UN expresses ‘horror’ after reports that there have been eight mass graves in Libya.
the Tombs are found in an area, as samlingsregeringen have taken control of, after forces under the self-styled leader Khalifa Haftar has withdrawn.
– the united nations mission in Libya (Unsmil) takes note with horror the reports of the discovery of at least eight mass graves in recent days, the majority of them in Tarhuna, says in a communication from the Unsmil on Twitter.
the City of Tarhuna is located to the southeast of the capital Tripoli and was tilbageerobret of the forces under samlingsregeringen 5. June.
– International law requires that the authorities immediately conduct effective and transparent investigations into the many alleged cases of unlawful deaths, writes Unsmil on.
An AFP journalist has had access to an area, where several corpses had been found and salvaged by the Libyan Red Cross the day before.
Remnants of clothing lay scattered around the graves covered in fresh soil.
Aburawi al-Buzeidi, the director of a public hospital in Tarhuna, says that 160 bodies were found in a chapel, since the forces from the samlingsregeringen arrived to the city.
the Bodies are ’transported to Tripoli and Misrata of the Red Cross’, he says further, however, without giving further details.
Thursday decided samlingsregeringens minister of justice to establish a committee to investigate the findings.
Tarhuna has been a crucial base for Haftar, since his forces over a year ago launched an offensive to capture Tripoli from the government.
Pro-Haftar forces have received support from Russia, Egypt and The United Arab Emirates.
But Haftar is largely driven on the defensive.
in recent weeks, forces from the samlingsregeringen with the help of Turkish drones and air forces launched an attack to gain control over the north-western part of the country.
the Fighting has caused hundreds of deaths, and a total of 200,000 displaced.
the UNITED states, the EU and other outside powers have called for a ceasefire after Haftars loss in the capital Tripoli.
Libya has been marked by chaos, since the then leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed by rebels with support from Nato in 2011.
