Libya's security authorities free more than 200 migrants from 'secret prison', two security sources say


BENGHAZI, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Libya's security authorities ‌have freed more than 200 migrants from what they described as a secret prison ‌in the town of Kufra in the southeast of the country after they were ‌held captive in inhuman conditions, two security sources from the city told Reuters on Sunday.

The security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the security authorities had found an underground prison, nearly three meters deep, which the sources ‍said was run by a Libyan human trafficker.

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