Mass graves found in Libyan city outside Tripoli

Dozens of mass graves have been found in the Libyan city of Tarhuna, some 90 km south of capital Tripoli, Interior Minister of the UN-backed government Fathi Bashagha said. "We discovered many terrible crimes committed by the militias that controlled the city of Tarhuna. Our services are now documenting those crimes," Bashagha said in a statement on Wednesday. Before the UN-backed government took control of it, Tarhuna was the main military operation centre for the east-based army, reports Xinhua news agency. "We found a container, inside which were prisoners who have been burned alive. (IANS)