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Many migrants killed in Libya

An airstrike on migrant detention centre in eastern Tripoli has killed more than 40 people and injured over 100. The UN says it could constitute a war crime.

An airstrike on migrant detention centre in eastern Tripoli has killed more than 40 people. The UN says it could constitute a war crime. The internationally recognised government in Libya has blamed the airstrike on forces loyal to the warlord General Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive on Tripoli three months ago.

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(Picture: A migrant picks up her belongings from rubble at a detention centre for mainly African migrants that was hit by an airstrike, in the Tajoura suburb of Tripoli. Credit: Reuters)

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