In a statement published on its official Facebook page, Libya’s Tripoli-based Ministry of Interior condemned cutting off Tripoli and its suburbs’ water, classifying this act as a war crime.

In an official statement, the ministry accused the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) of cutting off water from the capital and its suburbs, describing it as a “violation of human rights, domestic and international laws.”

The statement called on the international and human rights organizations to document this crime and to follow up its perpetrators, according to the mechanisms of the international law and the relevant Security Council resolutions in Libya.

It said that cutting off water supplies amid the measures aimed to limit the spread of Coronavirus in the country could endanger the lives of families and children and could cause a humanitarian disaster, adding that such measures necessitate every single service including water.

Cuts to Tripoli’s water and power supply on Tuesday and Wednesday aggravated conditions for civilians after days of intensified fighting that have undermined preparations to cope with the novel coronavirus.