A Libyan government agency says a mass grave containing two dozen unidentified bodies has been discovered in the coastal city of Sirte, which was once controlled by the Islamic State group.
CAIRO — A mass grave containing two dozen unidentified bodies was discovered in the coastal city of Sirte, once controlled by the Islamic State group, a Libya n government agency said Monday.
The National Authority for Searching and Identifying Missing People said its team recovered 17 of the 24 bodies found under destroyed buildings in the neighborhood of al-Kambo in Sirte, about 450 kilometers east of the capital, Tripoli.for several years until the militants were expelled in December 2016 by U.S.-backed forces in western Libya.
Photos posted by the authority showed remains and bones buried in the ground, what appeared to be a small corpse wrapped in a white piece of cloth, and bones being marked and examined at the forensic department.Militia clashes rock western Libyan town. At least 1 civilian was killed, officials sayMass graves have been discovered across over the past few years in Libya, a country that has experienced political turmoil and intense fighting among different armed groups.
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