ICC Issues Arrest Warrant For Libyan Commander Over Executions

This undated picture, whose location is not clear, and released on August 15, 2017 by the International Criminal Court (ICC), shows Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al-Werfalli, a senior Libyan military commander suspected of involvement in the deaths of dozens of prisoners in the war-torn city of Benghazi in 2016 and 2017. Photo: AFP

The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued a second arrest warrant for a senior commander of an armed group in Libya.

Mahmoud al-Werfalli is accused of war crimes for allegedly executing dozens of prisoners.

Mr Werfalli commands a unit in the self-styled Libyan National Army, which is the dominant force in eastern Libya.

It does not accept the internationally-recognised government in Tripoli.

This latest arrest warrant comes after a video surfaced on social media in January, which appears to show him shooting 10 people in front of a mosque in the city of Benghazi.

The ICC's first arrest warrant for Mahmoud Al-Werfalli was issued last August for the alleged murders of 33 people in seven different incidents between June 2016 and July 2017.






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