Who was behind latest Libya air strike?

UN-recognised government accuses opposition forces of attack on migrant detention centre

Libya
Military officers of the Libyan Government of National Accord inspect damage at the detention centre in Tripoli
(Image credit: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images)

At least 40 people were killed and a further 80 injured in an air strike on a migrant detention centre in the Libyan capital late on Tuesday, according to government officials.

Emergency services spokesperson Osama Ali told Paris-based news agency AFP that the casualty figures were a “preliminary assessment” and could rise.

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