A yet to be named Nigerian migrant workers has been burn alive in Libya.
Omokoshaban learn from a report on CNN that the man was burn alive by three Libyan Nationals.
The three men allegedly storm factory in Tripoli, were the Nigerian migrant is working pour petrol on him, and set him on fire, Libyan interior minister say in a statement.
Reacting to the incident by the United Nations, the organization described the man’s death “another senseless crime against migrants in the country.”
A statement by Tripoli’s interior ministry on Wednesday said the suspects — all Libyan nationals — had been detained for the attack on the man, who has not been named.
The ministry cited witness testimony that described the men storming the factory and setting the Nigerian man on fire.
“We are horrified by the killing of a Nigerian migrant worker in Tripoli, #Libya by three men yesterday. The young man was burned alive, in yet again another senseless crime against migrants in the country,” tweeted Federico Soda, head of the UN’s International Organization of Migration mission in Libya. “Those responsible must be held to account.”
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