BFF-09 Nearly 40 killed in strike on Libya migrant centre: emergency services

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Nearly 40 killed in strike on Libya migrant centre: emergency services

TRIPOLI, July 3, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Nearly 40 migrants were killed and more than 70 wounded in an air strike on their detention centre in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli, an emergency services spokesman told AFP.

“This is a preliminary assessment and the toll could rise,” said spokesman Osama Ali.

He said 120 migrants were detained in the hangar, which was directly hit by the strike.

BSS/AFP/AU/08:10 hrs