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Two civilians, including one child, were reportedly injured by LNA shelling on the Old Town of Tripoli.
The Libya Observer said: “A woman and a little girl were wounded and seven houses were damaged in three rocket attacks by warlord Haftar’s militia groups on the Old Town of Tripoli, an ancient walled city dating back to the Ottoman and Roman times.”
Libya Alahrar TV wrote: “Al-Ahrar correspondent in Tripoli confirmed that the old city was targeted by indiscriminate shells by the militia of Haftar, which resulted in severe damage to 3 houses, near Al Bab Al Jadeed and Darghouth Hammam.
For his part, the spokesman for the local council, the old city, Amer al-Ghazzawi, told Al-Ahrar that the shelling had caused a [female] child to be injured and taken to the hospital, noting that the indiscriminate shelling had caused panic among the residents in their homes.”
TK Yahroug Kl shy reported two injuries as well and seven damaged houses from rocket attacks.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the Old Town (المدينة القديمة) area of Tripoli (طرابلس), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.897051, 13.176511. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Building allegedly damaged by LNA shelling on Tripoli's Old Town on March 20th, 2020 (via Libya Observer)
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Building allegedly damaged by LNA shelling on Tripoli's Old Town on March 20th, 2020 (via Libya Observer)
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Building allegedly damaged by LNA shelling on Tripoli's Old Town on March 20th, 2020 (via Libya Observer)
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Building allegedly damaged by LNA shelling on Tripoli's Old Town on March 20th, 2020 (via Libya Observer)