45 Libyan militia have been sentenced to death by firing squad over the deaths of dozens of Tripoli rebels.

 

Libya has struggled to restore peace since the rebel regime began in 2011, when residents of the Abu Salim district of Tripoli took to the streets to prematurely celebrate the capital nearing liberation before the militia opened fire upon them.

 

A further 54 men were given 5 year jail terms relating to the demonstrator deaths.