The UN Special Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Wednesday expressed concerns over what it termed “brutal and outrageous summary executions” of prisoners in the city of Benghazi, at the scene of Tuesday double car bomb attacks. The UN mission pointed at Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a military commander, believed to be behind the execution. The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres who denounced the bombings said he is also alarmed by reports of summary executions being carried out in Benghazi in retaliation for the attack. The LNA refused to hand over their man saying they launched an investigation and that Werfalli had been suspended. However, if the photos of Warfali conducting summary executions are true, it would be further evidence that he had not been arrested by the LNA, as they had previously claimed, commented the Libya Herald.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 25, 2018 18:00 UTC