South Africa police arrest Libyans
Jul 28, 2024
Johannesburg [South Africa], July 28: Ninety-five Libyan nationals have been arrested on suspicion of receiving training at an "illegal" military camp in South Africa, police have said.
Officers raided the farm in White River - a small town in the northern province of Mpumalanga - on Friday.
They said they found military tents, licenced firearms and other military equipment.
According to national police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, the Libyans allegedly "misrepresented themselves" on their visa applications by saying they would be training as security guards. The camp was initially registered as a training site for a private security company but it appears to have been converted, a police spokesperson, was quoted by a news agency as saying.
Source: Qatar Tribune
