(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.
Migrant torture, rape suspect detained
23-year-old suspected of being part of criminal association