Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) Libya's UN-backed government has said the United Arab Emirates used a US-made F-16 fighter jet in Wednesday's attack on a migrant detention center that killed at least 53 people.

Fathi Bashaagha, the Interior Minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), made the accusation to CNN on Friday, adding that further investigation is now underway.

"We accuse the UAE of bombing the center with an F-16 jet," Bashaagha said.

When asked if the GNA had any proof that an Emirati jet conducted the attack, the minister said: "The sound of the jet was identified by technicians and pilots who heard it. The destructive power (of the bombs) is very big and is similar to the destructive power (of the bombs dropped) in 2014."

"The UAE bombed Tripoli in 2014 and it interferes in the Libyan conflict," Bashaagha added.

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