Lawsuit filed in the US against Libya's Haftar and his two sons which accuses his militia of torturing members of two families to death in 2014
A view of the buildings destroyed by war, near the old popular market known as the Souk al Jureid, in Benghazi, Libya February 21, 2019/
"Defendants Khalid and Saddam…are US citizens and LNA members who lived in Virginia for years and own property in this District," the court papers indicate, paving the way for financial compensation for the victims’ families. "The fact that the families are Libyan citizens does not prevent them from recovering damages in the United States under this law," he said, referring to the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991.
Documents provided to the court describe Haftar and his two sons as US citizens and detail their ownership of 17 properties in various districts of Virginia worth a total of at least $8 million.According to the families, since Haftar and his sons took over the Libyan National Army , they "have waged an indiscriminate war against the Libyan people."
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