The al-Kaniyat militia controlled every aspect of life in Tarhouna from 2015 until June 2020, when GNA forces drove it out. All interviewees alleged that the al-Kaniyat militia was responsible for the disappearance of their relatives. They said that the al-Kaniyat militia targeted them because they opposed the militia or because their family had supported the 2011 revolution that resulted in the killing of Libya's longtime dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. Prior to the April 2019 fighting, the al-Kaniyat militia was allied with the GNA and may have acted on its behalf. Mohamed Khalifa al-Kani, Abdelrahim al-Kani, and Shouaib Ali Milad were the ones who seized Murad after Maghrib [sunset] prayer.

Source: Libya Today January 07, 2021 05:26 UTC