THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court told judges on Tuesday how the senior commander of a Libyan prison murdered and raped his prisoners, sometimes in front of their children, earning the nickname “Angel of Death.”The court in The Hague is holding pretrial hearings for its first-ever suspect from the North African country, a man accused of 17 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes at the infamous Mitiga prison in Tripoli between 2015 and 2020, a period following the death of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.Detainees at the facility referred to Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri as the “Angel of Death,” deputy prosecutor Nazhat Khan told judges in her opening statement, quoting from one of the nearly 1,000 victims in the case. The 47-year-old, wearing a blue suit and blue tie, was expressionless as the charges against him were described.
According to the charges, El Hishri was as a senior commander at the facility, and was in charge of the women’s section, where sexual violence was widespread. Prosecutors said El Hishri was known for always carrying his gun and shooting prisoners in the leg or knee.
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