UN officials say guards kill 6 migrants detained in Libya
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U.N. officials say guards at a Libyan detention center for migrants have shot dead at least six people amid chaos in the overcrowded facility
ABOARD GEO BARENTS -- Guards at a Libyan detention center for migrants shot dead at least six people amid chaos in the overcrowded facility, U.N. officials said Saturday, the latest tragedy involving migrants in the North African country.
The development comes a week after authorities rounded up more than 5,000 migrants in a massive crackdown and after U.N.-commissioned investigators said abuses and ill treatment of migrants in Libya amount to crimes against humanity.
The shooting took place Friday in the Mabani detention center west of the capital Tripoli, where authorities earlier this month sent 4,187 new detainees, including 511 women and 60 children, according to the International Organization for Migration.
A spokesman for Libya's Interior Ministry, which oversees migrant detention centers, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
