EU calls for ceasefire in Libya

At least 44 people died and 130 injured as a result of an airstrike inflicted on a migrant detention center in the suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli, according to Reuters news agency local sources.

At least 40 migrants dead in attack on detention centre #Libya #Tripoli pic.twitter.com/5slOya9rnv

— Ruptly (@Ruptly) July 3, 2019

Italian Prime minister Giuseppe Conte reiterated his call for cessation of hostilities.

We deplore the shocking and tragic attack on a detention centre in #Tripoli. We’ve repeatedly called for a cessation of hostilities and we reaffirm that the only solution in Libya is a political solution

— Giuseppe Conte (@GiuseppeConteIT) July 3, 2019

“We have repeatedly called for a cessation of hostilities and the respect of international humanitarian law. The European Union joins the call for the UN to carry out an immediate investigation into who perpetrated this horrific attack. Those responsible should be held to account” says the text of the statement of the European External Actions Service

“This attack also shows up once again the need for a ceasefire in the Libyan conflict. The EU will continue to lend its fullest support to the UN and UNSG Special Representative Salamé to achieve a political settlement. All regional and international partners should equally lend their support to achieving peace.”

"The shocking and tragic attack on a detention centre in Tripoli is a reminder of the human cost of the conflict in Libya as well as the dire and vulnerable situation of migrants caught up in the spiral of violence" @FedericaMog @JHahnEU @Avramopoulos https://t.co/Z6uppWRZkD

— European External Action Service – EEAS 🇪🇺 (@eu_eeas) July 3, 2019

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 750 people have already died since the beginning of the clashes, and almost 4.4 thousand more were injured.