ArrowRight The suit alleges that Wagner fighters stationed in Libya killed three members of a local family in 2019 after detaining them without explanation. The lawsuit also names Khalifa Hifter, the Libyan warlord who brought the mercenary group to Libya in 2018. A request for comment, sent to an email account associated with Wagner and Prigozhin, did not receive a response. Advertisement“No member of the Wagner Group in Libya should feel safe or exempt from facing justice,” said Omar Tabuni, the advocacy director for the Libyan American Alliance. correction A previous version of this article misspelled the last name of Wagner Group founder Yevgeniy Prigozhin in the story and the headline.

Source: Libya Today July 18, 2023 21:22 UTC