Bangladeshi among 44 Libya detention centre airstrike victims: Official

One of the 44 people who were killed in the airstrike that hit a detention centre for migrants near the Libyan capital of Tripoli early Wednesday is a Bangladesh national.

ASM Ashraful Islam, labour counsellor of Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, identified the Bangladeshi as Shahjalal hailing from Mostafapur of Madaripur district.

"The body will be sent to Bangladesh as soon as possible after necessary formalities," he told UNB over phone.

The airstrike claimed the lives of at least 44 people and wounded dozens of others, reports AP.

The Tripoli-based government blamed the attack on forces associated with Gen. Khalifa Hifter, whose Libyan National Army has been waging an offensive against rival militias in the capital of the war-torn North African country since April, according to an AP report.

At the United Nations, the Security Council held a closed emergency session on the airstrike in Tripoli's Tajoura neighbourhood, and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation.