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Dozens of bodies found in militia-run sites in Libya’s Tripoli; UN alarmed

A Libyan soldier stands on alert at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, May 13, 2025 [File: AP Photo/Yousef Murad]

The United Nations has raised grave concerns following the discovery of dozens of bodies in areas of the Libyan capital Tripoli previously controlled by a powerful militia, the Stabilisation Support Apparatus (SSA), whose leader was slain in clashes last month.

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk said on Wednesday that his office was “shocked” by evidence of severe human rights violations at detention sites run by the SSA, a group once led by Abdel-Ghani al-Kikli, who was killed during an eruption of fighting in mid-May in Tripoli.

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