Prosecutors said 14 people received lesser sentences in the case that involved a total of 33 defendants, state media reported on Tuesday. They said the ISIS members had resorted to “violence and armed operations in Sabratha and its surroundings”. ISIS and other armed groups proliferated in Libya after the fall of Muammar Qaddafi in a Nato-backed uprising that led to his removal and death in 2011. Analysts said divisions and rivalries between governments in the east and west had created an environment ripe for such armed groups to fester. Group trials against suspected ISIS members are also continuing in Libya, with the verdicts often resulting in death sentences.

Source: Libya Today December 20, 2022 22:52 UTC