95 Libyans arrested in South Africa in a suspected military camp
Police in South Africa have announced that, on Friday July 26, they arrested 95 Libyans after raiding a farm that appears to be used as a military camp.
Police in South Africa have announced that, on Friday July 26, they arrested 95 Libyans after raiding a farm that appears to be used as a military camp. Donald Mdhluli, the Police spokesperson said that the area has been approved as a training camp for a security company, but at first glance it looks like a military camp.
According to South African police, 95 Libyans are being questioned following a police operation near White River, in the northeastern state of Mpumalanga, about 360 kilometers east of Johannesburg.
"The owner of the defense company is a South African citizen," said Mr. The abuser, without giving further details.
Television footage of the operation showed a heavy police presence outside the suspected camp, which had military-style green tents and sandbags. It was not immediately clear if the Libyans arrested were affiliated with any group.
Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, Libya, an oil-rich country, has been torn between two rival camps, with the United Nations-recognised government of Abdelhamid Dbeibah in the west and another parallel government linked to the camp of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, a powerful leader and warlord who rules the east and the south.
