According to a statement from a commission spokeswoman, the 42 bodies were excavated from the site of a school in the city after “secret information” was discovered as part of an investigation involving fighters from the extremist group who had been apprehended.
In 2015 and 2016, ISIS took over Muammar Gaddafi’s birthplace of Sirte as the extremist group attempted to profit from the anarchy that gripped the oil-rich nation following the 2011 revolution.
The gang was already expelled from the city in December 2016 by forces supporting the erstwhile Government of National Accord, which was supported by the UN.
In Libyan jails, hundreds of ex-ISIS combatants are still detained; many of them are awaiting trial.
Abdulaziz Al-Mabrouk, a spokesman for the Search and Identification of Missing Persons, reported that all 42 bodies were transported to a local hospital where blood, tooth, and bone samples were gathered in order to identify the missing victims.
He stated that in May, 11 additional bodies were discovered nearby. The causes of death for any of the owners of the remains were unknown.
Mass graves have been discovered all over Libya recently.
The bodies of more than 30 men, thought to be those of an Ethiopian group murdered by ISIS fighters in a video clip broadcast by the organisation years ago, were discovered in December 2018 close to Sirte.
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