An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, a health official in the country’s U.N.-supported government said. The airstrike targeting the detention centre in Tripoli’s Tajoura neighbourhood also wounded 80 migrants, said Malek Merset, a spokesman for the Health Ministry. In a statement, the U.N.-supported government blamed the self-styled Libyan National Army, led by Khalifa Hifter, for the airstrike. Gharyan had been a key supply route for the LNA forces. The centres have limited food and other supplies, and international agencies have called for speeding up resettlement of the migrants.

Source: The Hindu July 03, 2019 02:32 UTC