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Libya Herald
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Libya Herald
23 unidentified corpses discovered in Abusleem Hospital mortuary fridges
The Tripoli based Ministry of Interior announced last Monday (19 May) the discovery of 23 unidentified corpses inside the refrigerator of Abu Salim Accident Hospital. The hospital was previously under the protection of the recently disbanded Stability Support Apparatus militia. The Interior Ministry said all necessary legal measures have been taken, including documenting data and uploading samples. The ministry said the agencies began on Monday to implement the instructions issued by the Public Prosecution, where the Criminal Investigation Service, in cooperation with the Medical and Emergency Authority, and under the direct supervision of the Public Prosecution, undertook the detection and technical examination of the bodies. The ministry added that the communication received by the Attorney General in Tripoli from the administration of the hospital, stated the presence of about (58) unidentified bodies, which were stored in the fridge for a period of time without informing the Public Prosecution or the competent police stations. Nine unidentified bodies and a bag of body parts discovered in Al-Khadra Hospital It will be recalled that on 17 May the Tripoli based Libya Ministry of Interior of the Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba government announced the discovery of 9 unidentified bodies and a bag of body parts kept, according to the Ministry, by the Stability Support Agency militia (SSA) in the mortuary refrigerators at Abusleem's Al-Khadra Hospital. The hospital was under the control of the SSA militia. The SSA's former 2011 civil war warlord militia leader, Abdelghani Ghnewa Al-Kikly, was killed in contested circumstances last week during or after a meeting with Aldabaiba security commanders. His death triggered a series of events, including the disbanding of the SSA, the takeover of its bases, militia clashes with government security forces and violent, fatal demonstrations. There was an attempt to bring down the Aldabaiba government. The SAA replies: These are Hafter mercenaries used to attack Tripoli The demobilised SSA, still in control of its social media accounts, posted after the corpses' revelation, that these corpses – totalling 45 between Al-Khadra and Abusaleem Accident Hospitals – are those of mercenaries killed that were being used by Khalifa Hafter during his war on Tripoli. Nine Corpses found in mortuary fridges in Al-Khadra Hospital – disbanded SSA militia say they are Hafter's mercenaries . ''For the first time, Libyans have hope to get rid of these militias, and the dream of the rule of law and institutions is almost a reality soon'': Aldabaiba 444th Combat Brigade Commander Hamza celebrates defeat of SSA militia's corrupt ''empire'' What we did in Abusleem was a necessary step to end a presence that had gone too far in violating the law and was linked to gross human rights violations: Aldabaiba Aldabaiba meets UK ambassador, says recent security operation came within efforts to enforce law and end an irregular presence Tripoli demonstrations start off peaceful in Martyr Square – end up with Molotov cocktails and fatality at Cabinet Office ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan Libya report to UN Security Council UNSMIL calls for independent investigation into HoR member Dersi's disappearance and circulating torture video General Authority for Search and Identification of Missing Persons says received reports of possible mass graves in Abusleem Zoo Presidency Council decrees unconditional ceasefire, freezes all Aldabaiba Tripoli government's recent military/security decrees 444th Brigade and Military Intelligence head Mahmoud Hamza's narrative of the SDF / RADA Tripoli clash Images of Abdelghani Ghnewa's funeral in Kikla appear as his SSA militia mourn him Gunfire at demonstrations calling for Aldabaiba's downfall, nervous ceasefire holding as calm returns to Tripoli The time of parallel security services is over, there is no place in Libya except for regular institutions of the army and police: Aldabaiba Tripoli PM Aldabaiba appoints Mustafa Al-Wahishi as the new head of the Internal Security Agency Tripoli PM Aldabaiba decrees reorganisation of some security units following Ghnewa Kikly's reported killing Ceasefire announced after heavy overnight fighting in Tripoli Calm returns after overnight Tripoli clashes as major militia leader reportedly killed
Libya Herald
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Libya Herald
Is the U.S. sending migrants to Libya? ‘‘I don't know, you will have to ask Homeland Security'': Trump
Asked at a press conference in the Whitehouse yesterday if the U.S. is sending migrants to Libya, President Trump replied ''I don't know. You will have to ask Homeland Security''. Trump's response comes after a 24-hour period when Libyan news was dominated by the news that the U.S. was sending its unwanted migrants to Libya. CNN had reported that the Trump administration is moving forward with plans to transfer a group of undocumented immigrants to the Libyan city of Misrata, on a US military plane. CNN had claimed that a Trump ''administration official'' had confirmed the plan, but did not specify when the flight would be or whether other flights would follow. This sent Libyan media into a frenzy, and indeed Flight Tracking data indicated that a U.S. C-17 military cargo plane planned a flight from Kelly Field Base in San Antonio to Misrata airport on Wednesday. It will be recalled that the United States has used these aircraft to transport immigrants in recent months. FlightRadar tracks U.S. military cargo plane to Misrata According to flight monitoring website FlightRadar, a U.S. Lockheed Martin C-130J military cargo plane, registration number 06-4631, did indeed land at Misrata International Airport from the U.S. Air Force base Sigonella in southern Italy. The plane stayed only 40 minutes at the airport, then left. C-130J was transporting a military delegation The Tripoli government said it was aware of the flight which it claimed was carrying a military delegation. It reported that the Air Defence College in Misrata received a high-level Italian military delegation, which included the Chairman of the Libyan-Italian Relations Committee and the Director of the Training Department, on an official visit aimed at enhancing academic and technical cooperation in the defence field between Libya and Italy. The delegation arrived on an Italian Government-owned C-130, which took off from the naval air base of Sigonella in Sicily as part of a scheduled patrol flight under existing military cooperation arrangements. The Tripoli government confirmed that the visit was of a purely training and technical nature, and has nothing to do with any other files. U.S. media reports that U.S. administration talks continue about the possibility of deporting migrants to other African countries, such as Rwanda. Meanwhile, both Libya's Tripoli and Benghazi based governments, and Hafter's army chief, have been quick to deny any agreement with the Trump administration to receive deported migrants. A U.S. court injunction against sending migrants to Libya Finally, since the news broke of the possibility of migrants being sent to Libya, a U.S. judge has ruled that any effort by President Donald Trump's administration to deport migrants to Libya would clearly violate an earlier injunction barring officials from deporting migrants to countries other than their own, without assessing whether they would face the risk of persecution or torture if sent there.
