UN urges investigation following discovery of bodies in Libya

The UN has called for an investigation over potential extrajudicial killings after many bodies were found in mass graves in Tripoli, Libya, Middle East Eye reported on June 5th.

The bodies were discovered in sites overseen by the Stabilisation Support Apparatus (SSA), one of he capital’s most prominent militia groups.

Ten severely burnt bodies were found in the SSA HQ, located in Abu Salim, according to the UN human rights office (OCHR). A further 67 bodies which had decayed, were discovered in refrigerators in Abu Salim and Al Khadra hospitals. UN’s high commissioner, Volker Turk, urged Libyan authorities to guarantee global entry into the sites of the bodies.

Middle East Eye