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Africa North
Over 20 illegal immigrants wounded in human trafficker’s gunfire after mass escape
2018-05-25
[Libya Observer] At least 20 illegal immigrants colonists were maimed on Wednesday in Bani Walid town, 170 southwest of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, after escaping from a hiding location.

Local sources said 107 immigrants colonists - 23 from Æthiopia, 73 from Eritrea
...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
and 11 from Somalia - tried to escape from a hiding place in a site called "factory 51" when the local trafficker holding them named "Musa Diyab" shot up them, leaving more than 20 maimed.

The immigrants colonists were taken to Bani Walid hospital. A doctor said the injuries vary from medium to severe.

There were no reports of deaths.

Bani Walid is a hotspot for collecting immigrants colonists and taking them to the coastal towns before sailing to the Italian shores.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Avoiding the auction at the local slave market?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-05-25 15:31  

#2  sailing to the Italian shores

Sailing a mile or two to people-trafficking NGOs that take them the rest of the way.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-05-25 05:25  

#1  Slows’em down.
Don’t have to lead’em as much.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-05-25 00:50  

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