20 found dead in Libya desert after vehicle breakdown: rescuers

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  • The vehicle had come from neighboring Chad and reached some 120 kilometers (75 miles) into Libyan territory.
  • Libya’s southern borders with Chad, Niger, and Sudan have become notorious for people smuggling.
  • The sparsely populated region regularly sees summer temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

 

Twenty people were discovered dead in the desert in Libya following a vehicle breakdown near the border with Chad, with rescuers assuming they died of thirst.

A team “recovered 20 bodies found in the desert after their vehicle broke down,” according to rescue services in Kufra’s southeastern region.

The vehicle had come from neighboring Chad and reached some 120 kilometers (75 miles) into Libyan territory before breaking down, the statement added.

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