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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Code: LN039b)
On September 18th, 2011, three children were reported to have died from NATO bombardment in the third residential area of Sirte.
Nour al-Din Nasser al-Zanki reported the deaths of two children, while a Facebook page from a father reported the death of another child on the same day.
NATO confirmed airstrikes on “1 Military Facility, 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 4 Air Missile Systems” in the vicinity of Sirte on the 18th.
Victims
Family members (3)
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the third neighbourhood (الحي رقم 3) of Sirte (سرت), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.204873, 16.600943. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Reports of the incident mention the third neighbourhood (الحي رقم 3) of Sirte (سرت).
Imagery: Google Earth