An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants in the Libyan capital early July 3, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens, officials in the country’s U.N.-supported government said.
Associated Press: Airstrike hits migrant detention center in Libya, 40 killed
Emergency workers recover bodies after an airstrike killed nearly 40 at Tajoura Detention Center, east of Tripoli on early July 3, 2019. - 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.
