The grisly find was discovered in the city’s Samba district last week. The bodies were taken to a hospital in the city, in order to identify them.
Libyan authorities announced yesterday that 18 bodies of unidentified bodies were found in the northern coastal city of Sirte.
The gruesome discovery was made in the city’s Samba district last week. The human remains were taken to a hospital in the city, the Libyan authority for locating and identifying missing persons said in a press release.
Samples of the corpses’ genetic material were sent to laboratories for analysis, according to the same source.
In October, authorities announced the discovery of 42 unidentified bodies in a mass grave in the town’s school yard.
Sirte, about 450 kilometers east of the capital Tripoli, had fallen to Islamic State (IS) jihadists before they were defeated and driven out in 2016 in an operation by forces loyal to the former UN-backed government of national unity.
Libya has been in chaos since Muammar Gaddafi’s regime was toppled in an uprising backed by NATO member states in 2011.
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