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Bodies of more than 20 African migrants found in mass grave in Libya

Migrants at a detention centre at Ain Zara, in Tripoli, 12 October 2021. © REUTERS - HAZEM AHMED

The bodies of at least 21 migrants have been found ​in a mass grave on a farm in eastern Libya, security sources have said, with as many as 10 others who survived captivity showing signs of of torture. It is the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the North African country.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said authorities raided a farm near the town of Ajdabiya after receiving ​a report of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa being held there.

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