Retaken Libyan City Faces Looting, Destruction – UN

United Nations officials in Libya has received a report of looting and the destruction of property in territory newly captured by the country’s internationally-recognised government.

The UN said the damage to property in two towns south of Tripoli appeared to be acts of revenge and retribution.

Images apparently from the area on social media have shown looted shops and a house being blown up.

Turkish-backed pro-government militias recently seized the area from forces loyal to the renegade general Khalifa Haftar.

The UN says 16,000 people have fled the region.