{"id":389042,"date":"2024-03-23T05:08:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T05:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamardi.com\/65-migrants-found-buried-in-mass-grave-in-libyan-desert\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T05:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T05:08:10","slug":"65-migrants-found-buried-in-mass-grave-in-libyan-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamardi.com\/65-migrants-found-buried-in-mass-grave-in-libyan-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"65 migrants found buried in mass grave in Libyan desert"},"content":{"rendered":"
The U.N.\u2019s migration agency expressed alarm Friday over the discovery of a mass grave containing the bodies of at least 65 migrants in the deserts of western Libya.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Libya\u2019s criminal investigations authority reported the grave had been found in the Shuayrif region, 220 miles south of the capital, Tripoli.<\/p>\n
On its Facebook page, it said 65 bodies of unidentified migrants had been unearthed from the grave, samples were taken for DNA testing and the bodies were reburied in a specified graveyard for later investigation.<\/p>\n
3 KILLED, SEVERAL MISSING AFTER INCIDENT INVOLVING MIGRANT BOAT OFF SOUTHEASTERN SPAIN<\/strong><\/p>\n The U.N.\u2019s International Organization for Migration said the nationalities of the discovered migrants and the circumstances of their deaths was not known, but that they likely died while being smuggled through the desert.<\/p>\n