(ANSA) - Rome, June 27 - A 23-year-old Somali national has
been detained at the hotspot on the southern Italian island of
Lampedusa over accusations he raped and tortured asylum seekers
in Libya before they embarked on their journeys across the
Mediterranean, sources said Tuesday.
The alleged violence took place at a site in an agricultural
area called Hudeyfà, in the Kufra district.
The related probe features statements from migrants who said
the suspect hit them with rubber tubes and threatened them with
weapons.
The detained man is also accused of being part of a criminal
association for human trafficking, kidnapping, sexual violence
and homicide.
Migrant torture, rape suspect detained (2)
23-year-old suspected of being part of criminal association