On 26 September, the Attorney General initiated criminal proceedings against the perpetrators of an incident of torture that resulted in the death of a Libyan citizen. The leader of the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) sent a notification of the victim’s death after he suffered injuries that led to his death on 22 September at the Rada Headquarters at Mitiga.
The National Institute for Human Rights in Libya had previously observed and documented the death of the man.
The Attorney General’s Office conducted an investigation, the results of which revealed that the victim was subjected to violence consisting of a beating with a hard object, which resulted in bleeding and kidney failure, which led to complications that the victim did not survive. The investigator then questioned those who had been entrusted with the victim’s evidence and found that five security officers were responsible, so the Attorney General decided to detain them pending investigation.
The five security officers were arrested and are now jailed at Mitiga prison.