Unidentified Bodies Discovered in Tripoli Hospital Mortuaries

23 unidentified corpses discovered in Abusleem Hospital mortuary fridges

Sami Zaptia Libya Herald Editor-in-Chief

‎The Tripoli based Ministry of Interior announced last Monday (19 May) the discovery of 23 unidentified corpses inside the refrigerator of Abu Salim Accident Hospital. The hospital was previously under the protection of the recently disbanded Stability Support Apparatus militia.‎

The Interior Ministry said all necessary legal measures have been taken, including documenting data and uploading samples.‎

‎The ministry said the agencies began on Monday to implement the instructions issued by the Public Prosecution, where the Criminal Investigation Service, in cooperation with the Medical and Emergency Authority, and under the direct supervision of the Public Prosecution, undertook the detection and technical examination of the bodies.‎

‎The ministry added that the communication received by the Attorney General in Tripoli from the administration of the hospital, stated the presence of about (58) unidentified bodies, which were stored in the fridge for a period of time without informing the Public Prosecution or the competent police stations.‎

Nine unidentified bodies and a bag of body parts discovered in Al-Khadra Hospital
It will be recalled that on 17 May the Tripoli based Libya Ministry of Interior of the Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba government announced the discovery of 9 unidentified bodies and a bag of body parts kept, according to the Ministry, by the Stability Support Agency militia (SSA) in the mortuary refrigerators at Abusleem’s Al-Khadra Hospital.‎ The hospital was under the control of the SSA militia.

The SSA’s former 2011 civil war warlord militia leader, Abdelghani Ghnewa Al-Kikly, was killed in contested circumstances last week during or after a meeting with Aldabaiba security commanders.

His death triggered a series of events, including the disbanding of the SSA, the takeover of its bases, militia clashes with government security forces and violent, fatal demonstrations. There was an attempt to bring down the Aldabaiba government.

‎The SAA replies: These are Hafter mercenaries used to attack Tripoli
The demobilised SSA, still in control of its social media accounts, posted after the corpses’ revelation, that these corpses – totalling 45 between Al-Khadra and Abusaleem Accident Hospitals – are those of mercenaries killed that were being used by Khalifa Hafter during his war on Tripoli.

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