The victims of Derna are more than 4 thousand dead… and the “stability” government is trying to limit the damage
The Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, announced that the number of victims of the torrential and flood disaster that recently swept the city of Derna in the east of the country had risen to more than 4,000 people, while the Attorney General, Al-Siddiq Al-Sur, pledged that the accusation would extend to everyone who caused this disaster. .
Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari, Haftar’s spokesman, said in a statement (Monday evening) that the number of victims reached 4,029 deaths. He pointed out that 697 bodies were recovered in the city during the past week.
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, Commander-in-Chief of the National Army (Archive – Reuters)
According to statistics, 647 bodies were buried in the Martouba cemetery, while 50 other bodies were buried in the Dhahr al-Hamar cemetery. Al-Mismari also conveyed the obituary of the Police and Military Prisons Department, six of its members who died during an attempt to save the people of the city of Derna from the torrential floods.
For his part, Othman Abdel Jalil, Minister of Health in the Stabilization Government, announced that 101 medical personnel were missing as a result of the hurricane in Derna and its environs, while the Libyan News Agency said that the list of missing people includes doctors, pharmacists, and administrators.
In this context, the Public Prosecutor said during his meeting (Monday evening) with a delegation from the State Council in Tripoli, that investigations related to the Derna disaster “are taking place normally, and there are no obstacles.” He explained that administrative procedures for the deceased and missing persons “are carried out in an organized manner with the relevant authorities.”
A picture showing the extent of the damage caused to Derna as a result of the hurricane (AP)
For its part, the stability government, headed by Osama Hammad, today (Tuesday), in its first meeting in Derna, confirmed its intention to reconstruct the city, and called on everyone to assume their responsibilities, and the honest national authorities to assume their responsibilities in “reuniting.” Announcing the start of the committee, which was formed by Khaled Masoud, Minister of Justice, to inventory the damage caused by floods and torrents in the Ministry’s affiliated entities in a number of cities and regions in the east of the country, within the framework of the government’s keenness to limit the human and material damage to its affiliated institutions.
She said that the committee counted the human damage, including deaths, missing persons, and wounded, stressing that the damage was “severe” in the Correction and Rehabilitation Institution of Garnada, the Judicial Police Training Institute, and the rations and tasks stores. The sectors affiliated with justice in Sousse were also subjected to major material damage, represented by complete damage. Furniture, electrical appliances, paper and electronic archives, sanitation and electricity systems.
A rescue team tries to extract people stuck among the rubble in the city of Sousse (AFP)
Meanwhile, the government’s Minister of State for Women’s Affairs, Intisar Abboud, met with members of the community partnership in Benghazi who specialize in psychological support, with the intention of coordinating efforts between ministerial teams, developing a work mechanism for psychologists regarding affected families, and working to implement an action plan with specialists to deal with these problems. Post-disaster families. She explained that the meeting focused on efforts to identify the problems of the cities and those affected, the possibility of overcoming obstacles to solve them, counting the numbers of displaced people, cooperating with specialists to prepare training courses, and forming specialized teams in monitoring the psychological situation.
On the other hand, Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba, Prime Minister of the National “Unity” Government, discussed with a member of the Presidential Council, Musa Al-Koni, and the Deputy Chairman of the State Council, Masoud Abid, the repercussions of the Derna disaster, and the efforts made to recover the bodies of the victims by specialized technical teams, in cooperation with international teams. Which harnessed its capabilities to support Libya in its ordeal.
Al-Dabaiba said that he reviewed proposals for rebuilding the city, the affected areas, mechanisms to support the people to return to life in it, and the steps taken to care for the displaced families and support them psychologically, while Al-Koni and Masoud stressed the necessity of resuming the suspended vital projects in the south, and establishing development projects in order to create spatial development, It ensures its stability so that it gets its right from the country’s wealth, just like other regions.
In turn, the head of the Audit Bureau, Khaled Shakshak, said that he discussed with an American delegation headed by a representative of the United States Agency for Development, the repercussions of the collapse of the Wadi Derna and Abu Mansour dams, and the procedures for monitoring any international grants or contributions that would contribute to the reconstruction of the affected areas and ensure that no… Dispose of it in ways other than those intended for it.
Richard Norland confirmed that the humanitarian crisis in Derna united the Libyans together (the mission)
In parallel, the American ambassador and special envoy, Richard Norland, said after his meeting with the head of the Tebu Conference, Issa Abdel Majeed Mansour, that the humanitarian crisis in Derna had brought the Libyans together, and he promised that the focus should now be on the best ways to strengthen Libyan efforts towards an effective and unified response. to the flood disaster.
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2023-09-27 12:33:00
