The Interior Ministry has opened an investigation into the death of 15 migrants in Sabratha who, according to locals, died in a dispute between two groups of people smugglers. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Abdel Moneim Al-Arabi, said the Sabratha security directorate arrested five Ethiopians believed to have information about the crime. According to Al-Arabi, six migrants of Bangladeshi nationality survived the incident and received medical treatment. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, Bashir Al-Amin, directed the immediate investigation and assigned a Sabratha Public Prosecution Office member to open the investigations, Al-Arabi said. Sabratha Municipality denounced the heinous crime and called on the authorities to assume their responsibilities and prosecute the perpetrators.

Source: Libya Observer October 10, 2022 01:53 UTC