"World Health": increased bombardment of a reception center of immigrants in Libya to 53 people

The Office of the World Health Organization in Libya #, today, the high number of clashes in south Tripoli since early April between forces loyal to martyr Khalifeh # Hafter and the forces of reconciliation making close to a thousand dead.

The organization said in a tweet via its Twitter account that the number of casualties since the start of the clashes south of Tripoli "reaches nearly a thousand dead and more than five thousand wounded," claiming the " intensive aerial bombardment aimed at the migrant housing center at Tajoura (15 km east of Tripoli) ". ) 53 dead and 140 wounded. "

In turn, the spokesman of the International Organization for Migration, Joel Melman, of Geneva #, made 53 dead, including 6 children, "said the center was composed of more than 600 migrants representing the nationalities of 17 countries, mainly African.

One of the dormitories at the Tajwara refugee center, which was home to more than 120 African migrants Tuesday night, was subjected to aerial bombardment by Hafer's national reconciliation government forces.

But Major General Ahmad al-Mismari, spokesman for the Hafar forces, denied responsibility for the bombing, accusing his opponents in Tripoli of "plotting" to "blame the armed forces".

Among the victims were migrants from Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Somalia and Mauritania.

Some 300 illegal immigrants are still in the Tajoura shelter, according to the liaison officer of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya, Safa al-Mesaheli.