Libya: More than 150 migrants freed in raid on traffickers

Security forces arrested six traffickers who kept a house-turned-prison in Kufra and referred them to prosecutors.

Libyan authorities say they have raided a secret prison in a southeastern city used by human traffickers and freed at last 156 African migrants – including 15 women and five children. The raid in the city of Kufra took place on February 16 after a migrant managed to escape a house-turned-prison last week and reported to authorities that he and other migrants were held and tortured by traffickers there, the Kufra security bureau said. Security forces arrested at least six traffickers and referred them to prosecutors for further investigation on Sunday, it said.