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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Group urges ICC to probe alleged use of mines in Libya war

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of the use of landmines in 2019 by Russian paramilitaries fighting in Libya.

According to the New York-based watchdog, new data has emerged from Libyan demining groups linking mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group to the use of “banned booby traps” in Libya during an offensive by east-based Libyan forces trying to capture the capital of Tripoli from rival militias.

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