Geolocation
Airwars assessment
In the first incident of 2020, three civilians were reported killed and five others injured after an alleged LNA or UAE airstrike on a blacksmith store in Al Kanisa street in Al Swani, Tripoli, Libya on January 1st, 2020, according to local sources. A child was also wounded after the missile hit her house near the store.
Souq Al Khamis posted on their Facebook page that the shop’s owner and his son were killed in the attack, in addition to a third person who was killed when his van was directly targeted with the shelling.
In addition to the blacksmith store, a farm and an iron store house were reportedly targeted.
The shelling also caused damage to the neighbouring buildings.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the area of Al Kanisa street (الهضبة البدري), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.79583, 13.108593. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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Image of the car that was targeted on January 1st in Al-Swani killing one person (via Burkan Al Ghadab operation)
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Another image of the car that was targeted on January 1st in Al-Swani killing one person (via Burkan Al Ghadab operation)
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Picture of the impact of the strike on Al-Swani on January 1st (via Burkan Al Ghadab operation)
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Aftermath of an alleged LNA airstrike on a blacksmith shop in Al Sawani, Tripoli on Jan 1st 2020 (via Burkan Al Ghadab operation)
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Aftermath of an alleged LNA airstrike on a blacksmith shop in Al Sawani, Tripoli on Jan 1st 2020 (via Burkan Al Ghadab operation)
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Aftermath of an alleged LNA airstrike on a blacksmith shop in Al Sawani, Tripoli on Jan 1st 2020 (via Burkan Al Ghadab operation)
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Aftermath of the attack on the store (via @Lyobserver)
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A child got injured when a missile hit her house near the Blacksmith store on January 1st in Al-Swani (via Souq Al Khamis)
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Another picture of the child who got injured when a missile hit her house near the Blacksmith store on January 1st in Al-Swani (via Souq Al Khamis)
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Picture of a house damaged on January 1st in Al-Swani (via Souq Al-Khmies)