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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Molly Quell

International Criminal Court opens inquiry into Italy over release of Libyan warlord

EU--Italy-Libya - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Judges at the International Criminal Court have officially asked Italy on Monday to explain why the country released a Libyan man suspected of torture, murder and rape rather than sending him to The Hague.

Italian police arrested Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, last month but rather than extraditing him to the Netherlands, where the ICC is based, sent him back to Libya aboard an Italian military aircraft.

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