CAIRO — Gunmen attacked a detention centre holding hundreds of migrants in Libya’s capital, where fighting has raged between rival militias since a military commander launched an offensive earlier this month, a rights group said Wednesday. Amnesty International said armed men raided the Qasr Ben Ghashir detention facility, some 20 kilometres (12.5 miles) south of Tripoli’s city centre, on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack or what motivated it. Five detention centres are in areas already engulfed by fighting, while six more are in close proximity to the clashes. Russia has also maintained ties with the U.N.-recognized government in Tripoli, but has recently been seen as favouring Hifter.

Source: National Post April 24, 2019 10:17 UTC