Advertising Read moreNow, the six Kani brothers and their militiamen are gone, either dead or in hiding, but the survivors in this western town are still waiting for justice. Today, 60-year-old Ghazla Ali Ounis sits outside her house, surrounded by her orphaned grandchildren whose parents were killed by the Kani family. The Kani brothers and their gunmen first seized the town in 2015 and set about systematically silencing rivals. When Haftar's forces were routed a year later, the Kani brothers disappeared -- some are believed killed, others to be in hiding. A picture from March 26, 2021 shows the damaged and abandoned villa complex used by the Libyan family who commanded the militia that traumatised the town of Tarhuna Mahmud Turkia AFP/FileAll would later be identified in mass graves.

Source: Libya Today February 17, 2022 16:57 UTC