Libyans arrested for setting Nigerian on fire

The Libyan authorities have arrested three suspects for killing a man by setting him on fire, the interior ministry has said.

The interior ministry is quoted as saying that the three Libyans, all in their 30s, stormed a Tripoli factory where African migrants were working, detained one of the workers, a Nigerian, poured petrol on him and set him on fire.

The chief of mission for the International Organization for Migration tweeted that he was "horrified" at what he called "yet another senseless crime against migrants in the country".

Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are known to stop in Libya before attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.

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.

Those responsible must be held to account.

— Federico Soda (@fedsoda) October 7, 2020