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Somalians killed in Libyan detention centre

No Borders | 23.08.2009 09:02 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression

6 Somalians killed in Libya during attempt of evasion from detention centre, another 10 have disappeared and is not known if they are alive or dead.

In Lybia, the police killed 6 Somalians in early August :  http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/benghazi-spunta-un-testimone-ecco-come.html (in italian)

"We spoke with a witness of the massacre of Benghazi, in Libya, where on the 9th of August 6 Somalian refugees were killed by the Libyan police during an attempt of evasion of the detention center, when more than 300 persons attacked the prison gate, in a rough confrontation with the policemen who - armed of knives and bats - hurt 50 persons and killed 6. We do not know the fate of another 10 persons. They were hurt but they are disappeared. We do not know if they are in the hopital or if they died. The Libyan gouvernment denied all this. But I I have personally spoken with a witness who has actually seen all this."

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