Libya's security authorities have recovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in the country's southeastern desert, officials said on Sunday, in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the North African country.

The grave had at least 30 bodies, with survivors saying there were nearly 70 buried there, authorities said Sunday

Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya bore gunshot wounds. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The bodies of at least 28 migrants have been recovered from a mass grave in a desert in south-east Libya, the country's attorney general said. The grave was discovered north of Kufra, just days after another mass grave with 19 bodies was found on a farm in the same city.

Rights groups and UN agencies have documented systematic abuse in Libya including torture, rape and extortion.

Libyan authorities have uncovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in southeastern Libya. The graves, found in Kufra, highlight the continued plight of migrants in this chaotic region. Though not uncommon in Libya,

LAHORE: Libyan authorities have unearthed nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in the country's southeastern desert, amid mounting concerns over the systematic abuse of migrants and refugees transiti

According to the attorney general's office, the raid was executed late Saturday, targeting a gang that had been depriving migrants of their freedom and subjecting them to cruel treatment.