The 444th Fighting Brigade of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNA) announced the arrest of a person accused by of killing 16 Egyptian citizens in Libya in 2016 by firing squad, RT reports. An undercover unit from Libya’s security forces arrested the man “H.A.” on Wednesday evening. The man is accused of killing the 16 Egyptians in the city of Bani Walid. The murders caused widespread anger at local and international levels, and have been discussed at length by Egyptian and Arab media, Libya’s Armed Forces said. __IMAGE: A member of Libya’s GNA holds a weapon during a security deployment in Tarhunah, Libya.

Source: Egypt Independent August 13, 2021 10:30 UTC