Rebels free above 10,000 prisoners

More than 10,000 prisoners held by the regime of Muammar Gaddafi have been released since the rebels captured Tripoli, but nearly 50,000 are still missing, a rebel military spokesman said yesterday.
"The number of people arrested over the past months is estimated at between 57,000 and 60,000," said Ahmed Omar Bani at a press conference in the rebel bastion of Benghazi.
"Between 10,000 and 11,000 prisoners have been freed up until now... so where are the others?"
Expressing deep concern about their fate, he said "many people in Tripoli are now discovering mass graves around former detention centres and the prison in Abu Slim."
The battle for Tripoli is almost over and the rebels are scrambling to get the capital back on its feet, but sporadic gunfire could still be heard overnight in the city.