Three Sudanese migrants shot dead in Libya after vessel intercepted by coast guard

The International Organization for Migration said local authorities started shooting when the migrants attempted to escape from the disembarkation point

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants in a western coastal town who tried to escape after they were intercepted by the coast guard in the Mediterranean Sea and returned to shore, the United Nations said Tuesday.

There was no immediate comment from the UN-supported government in the capital, Tripoli. Several calls to a spokesman for the coast guard went unanswered. “This is not the first time people are subjected to this senseless violence and confirms yet again that no one should be returned to Libya,” Msehli said.

Last week, an Eritrean asylum-seeker died after arriving at the UN refugee centre in Tripoli from a trafficking centre in Bani Walid in the northwest, UNHCR, the UN human rights agency, said. In May, the family of a slain Libyan human trafficker attacked a group of migrants in a smuggling warehouse in the desert town of Mizdah, killing at least 26 Bangladeshi and four African migrants.

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