Tripoli: Landmines spell silent threat in Libyan former war zone - News Summed Up

Tripoli: Landmines spell silent threat in Libyan former war zone


"It's not just because of my destroyed house, but the way the war has transformed my neighbourhood," he said. Libyan ordnance clearance experts have marked high-risk areas with signs and wall inscriptions, but the warnings have come too late for many. More than 30 people have been killed and 60 injured by mines, most of them civilians, said the health ministry in Tripoli. The GNA has accused pro-Haftar forces of having "mined the houses before leaving them" and asked for international assistance to clear them. Pro-Haftar forces have not commented on accusations they are responsible, but unauthenticated videos on social networks have shown pro-Haftar fighters preparing explosive devices in a house in Salaheddine district.


Source: Libya Today June 16, 2020 05:03 UTC



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