Libyan military frees more than 100 migrants from traffickers

At least 120 migrants held captive by human traffickers in Bani Wali city freed in raid, the Libyan army said.

Security forces in Libya have freed 120 people believed to be migrants who were held captive and tortured by human traffickers in the northwestern town of Bani Walid, the army said. The migrants and refugees, mostly Egyptians, were released on Wednesday after “a morning raid on the dens of human traffickers,” the elite 444th combat brigade said in a statement. Their captors had subjected them to “torture and extortion”, it added, citing testimonies from those released.