Incident Code
Lib2011-170
Incident Code
Lib2011-170
Incident Date
20 September 2011
Location
Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت
Geolocation
31.190547,
16.571441
Accuracy: City
Geolocation
31.190547,
16.571441
Accuracy: City
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: December 15, 2024
(Previous Incident Code: LN039c )
On September 20th, 2011, Reuters reported that a spokesman for Gaddafi stated that 151 civilians were killed due to shelling on Sirte.
This number was unable to be verified. Independent investigators later found that civilian casualty number reported by the Gaddafi regime were hugely inflated of fabricated.
NATO confirmed airstrikes on “1 Command and Control Node, 5 Surface to Air Missile Systems” near Sirte.
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.