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Libyan authorities unearthed 10 bodies from a mass grave in the city of Tarhuna, south of the capital Tripoli, reported on Sunday. The mass grave was discovered on Saturday in a large agricultural area called Mashrou 'Alrabet in the city, Lutfi Tawfiq, head of the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons, told Anadolu Agency (AA). He said the tomb is the second to be discovered in the city in the last ten days. In March, the authority said it had lists of 3,650 missing…

A Libyan militia leader accused of major human rights abuses and sanctioned by the United States was shot dead on Tuesday in eastern Benghazi province, officials said. Libyan officials said security forces looted Mohamed al-Kani's house in Benghazi to carry out an arrest warrant on charges of killing civilians. Libyan officials and the United States claim that al-Kani was responsible for the deaths of people found in mass graves last year in the western city of Tarhuna. Tarhuna, a strategic city about…

Two more mass graves have been discovered in the city of Tarhuna, freed from the forces of putschist general Khalifa Haftar, Libyan authorities said on Wednesday. According to a statement from the government's institution for searching and determining missing individuals, two more mass graves were discovered in the countryside and work is underway to determine more graves. Authorities did not say how many bodies were found in the graves. According to official sources from Libya, Haftar's forces and…

Two more mass graves were discovered in the city of Tarhuna, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of the capital Tripoli, where Putis general Khalifa Haftar's militias committed many war crimes during a year of control, according to Libyan authorities. A statement from the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said the two tombs were discovered in the Mashru'a Alrabet area of ​​Tarhuna. The statement did not specify how many bodies were excavated from the two graves.…