Yesterday, the teams of the Department of Search for the Remains of the General Authority for Search and Identification of Missing Persons exhumed 66 unidentified bodies from Martouba cemetery in Derna, and the total number of bodies exhumed from this cemetery reached 368.
The authority said on its website that the team took 41 samples from the exhumed bodies after a forensic examination process, bringing the total number of bodies from which samples were taken to 161 unidentified bodies.
The team also shrouded and reburied 40 unidentified bodies from the bodies that were exhumed, bringing the total number of bodies that were reburied in Derna Martyrs’ Cemetery (Al-Fataeh) to 120 unidentified bodies after fulfilling their legal aspects.
Source: Libyan News Agency
Tripoli: Representative of the Presidential Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi, discussed yesterday with the Russian Ambassador to Libya, Aydar Aganin, the latest developments of the political process in Libya and a number of international and regional issues.
The communication office of the Council stated that the meeting reviewed Bathily’s initiative related to the dialogue between key actors participating in the political process, as well as the national reconciliation file and efforts made to achieve its goals through preparation for an inclusive national conference in which all segments of the Libyan people and members will participate and representatives of various key actors.
Aganin stressed his country’s readiness to support the dialogue and the political solution to the crisis in Libya, commending the role of Al-Lafi and the council in addressing the political impasse and the steps taken in the national reconciliation project to move towards achieving the aspirations of the Libyan people.
Source: Libyan N
ews Agency
