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A Libyan leader wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes "escaped" from prison, said forces of man strong military Khalifa Haftar
Haftar, head of the self-denomination of the Libyan National Army. the re-arrest of Commander Mahmoud al-Werfalli after his escape from the military prison "where he was detained, a statement said.
The statement, released from Wednesday to Thursday, did not mention when Werfalli The ICC issued a first warrant for the arrest of Werfalli in August of last year, accusing him of having personally executed or executed seven executions between March and April. and July 2017 and June 2016 that were filmed and posted on social media sites
The ICC issued a second arrest warrant against Werfalli for "his alleged responsibility for murder as a war crime "
The court declared that it" would have killed 10 people in front of the Bi mosque "at al-Radwan" in Libya, Benghazi city on January 24.
Born in 1978, Werfalli is a commander of the Al-Saiqa Brigade, an elite unit that left the Libyan army during the 2011 uprising that overthrew and killed the dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Werfalli then beats the same side as the LNA and its leader Haftar, who refuses to recognize the authority of a UN-backed government based in Tripoli and supports a parallel administration in eastern Libya.
In February, Werfalli said in a video posted on his Facebook account that he had gone to the LNA military police after the ICC issued his first arrest warrant.
Forces loyal to Haftar reported last August that they had arrested Werfalli and said that they had been "investigated by the military prosecutor general". Fatou Bensouda repeatedly called for the arrest of Werfalli, including asking Haftar to hand it over during a speech to the UN Security Council in November 2017.
She also called for the arrest of Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam Security chief Al-Tuhamy Mohamed Khaled for alleged war crimes
This undated and unlocated image released on August 15, 2017 by the Criminal Court shows Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a top Libyan military commander accused of war crimes [19659014]
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