Moroccan Migrant Among 7 Killed in Tripoli Air Strike, Family Confirms

His family received confirmation of his death on Friday, July 5, 2019, from a close relative, injured during the air raid. At the age of 26, the young Moroccan, residing in a working-class neighborhood of the city of Béni Mellal, endured, like many young Moroccan graduates, the anguish of unemployment, after many years of university studies.

An illegal immigrant who transited through Libyan lands, the young man was stranded in the detention camps in Tripoli. The air raid carried out by Haftar’s troops put an end to his dream, as well as that of six other Moroccans. His family is awaiting the repatriation of his body to be able to bury him in Béni Mellal and finally mourn him.

According to one of his relatives, the young Moroccan was very dynamic and participated a lot in associative and charitable activities in his region. In addition, he was a member of a musical orchestra in the city. In May, he left Morocco towards the old continent, before finding death in the middle of the journey...