InfoMigrants By Benjamin Bathke Published on : 2021/03/12 The Libyan army says it has freed 120 migrants from traffickers in northern Libya. In a Facebook post, the army says the mostly Egyptian migrants were held captive and tortured in hideouts in the city of Bani Walid. According to the Libyan army's own information, its soldiers freed 120 migrants held captive by human traffickers in the northern town of Bani Walid in a raid on Wednesday (March 10). It was the second operation against human traffickers the army conducted in Bani Walid in one week. The migrants, mostly Egyptians, were released after "a morning raid on the dens of human traffickers," the 444th combat brigade said in a Facebook post.