Sixty-five migrants' bodies found in Libya mass grave, says IOM

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Sixty-five migrants' bodies found in Libya mass grave, says IOM
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Is third Juno nom the charm for N.S.-raised music teacher? | SaltWire #junos #canada #musicteacher -At least 65 migrants' bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in southwest Libya, the International Organization for Migration said on social media platform X on Friday.

IOM said in a statement the circumstances of the migrants' death and nationalities was unknown"but it is believed that they died in the process of being smuggled through the desert."Libya has turned into a transit route for migrants fleeing conflict and poverty to Europe following the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011.

In an unverified message on Facebook, the Criminal Investigation Department of the interior ministry in Tripoli on Wednesday posted drone footage of a desert area, showing white markings and yellow tape around the remains of bodies with numbers on them. The CID said the bodies were found in al-Jahriya valley in Al Shuwairf town, about 421 km south of Tripoli.

The department said that after taking DNA samples, all the bodies were buried in a cemetery on instructions from the attorney general of the appeals chamber in Gharyan town.

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