According to a report in the Deccan (India) Chronicle, a Libyan father -- a Muslim -- slit the throats of his three teenage daughters in an "honour killing" after they were raped by troops loyal to the Mad Colonel during the siege of the port city of Misrata.
The shocking incident was noted in a report by Physicians for Human Rights into war crimes and atrocities in the embattled city, which for two months was cut off from the rest of Libya. The report suggests that the father carried out the honour killings after facing humiliation and shame over the rape of his 15-, 17- and 18-year-old daughters.
The Boston-based human rights group has concluded that there was widespread evidence of war crimes committed by both sides during the siege. “Four eyewitnesses reported that (Gaddafi) troops forcibly detained 107 civilians and used them as human shields to guard military munitions from NATO attacks south of Misrata,” the report said.
A huge controversy emerged earlier this year after a woman named Al-Obeidi claimed that she was raped by Gaddafi's men. She later moved to the US. Reports also emerged that Gaddafi troops and loyalists were issued Viagra-type drugs to sustain their systematic rape campaign. Whether or not the drugs were obtained from online pharmacies could not be immediately ascertained.
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