S.African police detain 95 Libyans at suspected military camp

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South African authorities rounded up 95 Libyans on Friday in a raid at a farm that appeared to have been converted into an illegal military training base, police said.mp..

"The 95 individuals taken into custody are all Libyan nationals and are currently being questioned by the relevant authorities," police said in a statement..

"The place, which was initially designated as a training site, appears to have been converted into an illegal military training base," the police statement said..

The owner of the security company said to be running the facility was a South African national, police spokesman Donald Mdhluli told AFP..

Jalel Harchaoui, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in Britain, said rival factions were known to have sought security training abroad to create elite military units..