03 june 2021 - 10:54:36 BBA/MA Panafrican News Agency
Four bodies exhumed from new mass grave in southern Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four unidentified bodies have been exhumed from a new mass grave discovered in the town of Tarhouna, south of Tripoli, where dozens of mass graves have already been found, the General Authority for Search and Identification of Missing Persons has said
By Sami Zaptia.
London, 24 January 2021:
A funeral prayer ceremony was held Friday in Martyrs Square in Tripoli for 14 male and female victims of alleged massacres by the pro-Khalifa Hafter Kani family militia (Kaniat) recovered from mass graves in Tarhuna.
At one time the Kaniat were aligned to the Tripoli government, then suddenly they switched position and aligned themselves with Hafter to fight against the pro-Tripoli forces.
The families of the victims and others still missing in Tarhuna demanded that the United Nations, its Mission in Libya and the Security Council punish the murderers and hand them over to justice.
The Authority for Search and Identification of Missing Persons said that the 14 victims were identified by their relatives through their private possessions found with them after their bodies were recovered from the mass graves at the Rabt project in Tarhuna.
Tripoli, Jan. 9, 2020 A new mass grave has been discovered in Mashrou al-Rabt, in the city of Tarhouna, western Tripoli, the General Authority for Search and Identification of Missing Persons of the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced on Saturday.
This discovery illustrates the extent of mass graves in this region which was occupied until the end of May by supporters of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, leader of the Libya National Army (LNA).
In a statement issued on Saturday on its website, the Authority said that its teams have discovered a new mass grave, stating that the exhumation of the remains is still underway.