JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police arrested 95 Libyan nationals in a raid on a suspected secret military training camp on Friday and authorities said they were investigating whether there were more illegal bases in other parts of the country. “We take what we have found here today very seriously because we don’t know who was training them, what were they being trained for and why that training is happening here in South Africa. Macie said the Libyan nationals had been in the country since at least April. “The 95 individuals taken into custody are all Libyan nationals and are currently being questioned by the relevant authorities,” Mpumalanga acting provincial police commissioner Maj. Gen. Zeph Mkhwanazi said in a statement. “The kind of equipment we found here shows that there was intense military training taking place here.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 26, 2024 22:15 UTC