More than 100 people, believed to be victims of human trafficking, have been discovered holed up inside a secret dungeon in the Libyan City of Ajdabia, badly beaten and starving.
It is the stuff people watch in horror movies but this time materializing in real life.
Official statement from Tripoli reveals that the Security agencies under the Eastern region government in Ajdabia city, burst into the facility and managed to rescue nearly 105 migrants from what was described as a secret detention site.
The secret dark, damp and menacing vault, into which human beings were squeezed and crammed mercilessly, is believed to have been used by a human trafficking gang and kidnappers holding their victims ransom.
The victims, who were either kidnapped or smuggled under false promises and pretence, were found in horrific conditions.
Many of the people in the dungeon were badly tortured, starved, and being held for ransom.
In connection with the crime, at least seven suspects, including several Libyans, Sudanese, and an Egyptian national, have been arrested.
The torture chamber of Ajdabia has so far been demolished.
Though some victims suspect that various inmates could have been killed, authorities say they found no body or their trace inside the horror chamber.
All victims from the oubliette were rushed to medical facilities for treatment.
Reports from Libya point out that the entire landscape of the troubled country could be full of such horrid secret chambers in which humans are being tortured for extortion or kept to be sold as slaves.
Authorities in the North African country have therefore vowed to continue investigating and cracking down on such criminal set ups.
They, reportedly, reaffirmed their commitment to protecting public safety and human dignity as well as addressing the rising cases of human trafficking.
This new incident has been reported within a few days since the bodies of three migrants were discovered approximately three kilometers off the coast of Misrata, in Libya, raising serious concerns about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Libyan waters and adjacent Mediterranean coastline.