UN said on Thursday that it had information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants trying to flee from air strikes that killed at least 53 people
that said there were two air strikes late on Tuesday, one hitting an unoccupied garage and one hitting a hangar containing around 120 refugees and migrants.
“There are reports that following the first impact, some refugees and migrants were fired upon by guards as they tried to escape,” the OCHA report said.Security guards at the bombed-out facilityAl Jazeera says that Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Accord has blamed renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces for the air raids, which UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame said “could constitute a war crime”.
Libya is one of the main departure points for African migrants fleeing poverty and war who want to reach Italy by boat, but many are intercepted at sea and brought back by the Libyan coast guard.
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