44 Dead After Airstrike Hits Libyan Migrant Detention Center; Attack Could Be ‘War Crime’

44 Dead After Airstrike Hits Libyan Migrant Detention Center; Attack Could Be ‘War Crime’
Libyan National Army (LNA) members, commanded by Khalifa Haftar, head out of Benghazi to reinforce the troops advancing to Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya April 7, 2019. Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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At least 44 people died in a Libyan migrant detention hub after an airstrike hit the building, in an attack that the United Nations said might constitute a war crime.

Some 130 more people were injured in the attack, which the Libyan government blamed on forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, a local warlord, reported the BBC. Haftar’s forces, however, said the Libyan government was behind the attack.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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