Fighter jets from the United Arab Emirates are suspected of being behind a deadly attack that killed scores of migrants in a Libyan refugee detention center near Tripoli in July, which was described as a potential war crime by the U.N.

The report, published by the BBC, points out that U.N. investigators suspect “that the airstrike was carried out using precision-guided missiles by a fighter jet operated by a U.N. member state acting in direct support of (Khalifa) Haftar’s armed forces.”

The missile strike at the Tajoura migrant detention center killed 53 migrants and injured 130 who are believed to have been sub-Saharan Africans attempting to reach Europe from Libya.

“An unknown number of Mirage 2000-9 fighter jets were operating from two airbases inside Libya at the time of the strike,” the report said.

Haftar’s air force does not have the equipment to support the operation of such aircraft, and only the UAE and Egypt are the only countries in the region that have the Mirage 2000-9 jets.

The U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said after the attack that it had been carried out by a fighter plane from the UAE. Haftar’s Benghazi-based Libyan National Army (LNA) first said it had bombed a legitimate target but later denied being involved.

Source:Dailysabah.com