Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Various sources reported that a woman was killed and a child lost his eyesight due to injures by NATO attack in Sirte, in September 27th 2011.
Sadikat al Qa’ed comment on Nour Al-Din Nasser Al Zanki Facebook post stated that a child with the woman suffered injures; however, it is unclear if he was the same child referred to hereabove.
NATO on that day reported hitting “1 ammunition /vehicle storage facility” in the vicinity of Sirte.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Sirte (سرت), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.190547, 16.571441. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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NATO forces Assessment:
Original strike reports
In the vicinity of Sirte: 1 ammunition /vehicle storage facility.