mo4ch:>At least 40 killed in alleged airstrike at migrant detention center near Tripoli – reports | Mo4ch News

Some forty people have reportedly been killed and another 80 injured after a detention facility housing predominantly African migrants was hit in an alleged airstrike on Tuesday night, Reuters and AFP reported citing health officials. Gruesome images have surfaced on social media of the purported aftermath showing multiple bodies buried under rubble. Footage released by a local TV channel claims to show injured migrants being treated at a hospital. The suburb of Tajoura, where the detention center is located, is home to several militias backing the UN-sponsored Government of National Accord, embroiled in the long-running standoff with the Libyan National Army (LNA), controlling the eastern part of the country.The Government of National Accord’s Presidential Council is blaming the LNA, ran by strongman Khalifa Haftar. In a statement on Wednesday, the council urged the UN to condemn the bombing and organize a fact-finding mission to the site while calling the incident “mass murder” and …