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(Previous Incident Code: LM027)
On May 1st-6th, 2011, Ahour Abdullah and his son Yusef were found dead in Kerzaz, the eastern front of Misurata, suspected to be from Gaddafi forces. A Facebook post from “Misrata Today” reported their deaths, confirmed by Amnesty.
Amnesty reports “On 6 May, the bodies of ‘Ashour al-Tifl and his son Yousef were found in Misratah’s Kerzaz neighbourhood, which had been controlled by al-Gaddafi forces until two days earlier.”
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Reports of the incident mention the Kerzaz neighborhood (كرزاز) in the district of Misurata (مصراتة). The generic coordinates for this neighbourhood are: 32.300918, 15.088863. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Reports of the incident mention the neighborhood of Kerzaz (كرزاز) in the district of Misurata (مصراتة).
Imagery: Google Earth