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On Saturday, March 14, 2015, one man named Alaa Belkhair was reported killed and six people were injured in an alleged Libyan National Army airstrike on Al Assah near Zuwara, northwestern Libya.
Zuwara News wrote on Facebook that “an aeroplane just hit the Al-Assah area and resulted in the death of one man from Misurata and wounding six of the sons of our beloved city.”
Fssato91 reported: “Pray for Alaa Belkhair from Zuwara and all the wounded.”
Rawadfree1 claimed that the LNA used cluster bombs in the attacks and posted pictures of submunitions.
Other sources also reported LNA strikes in the area but didn’t mention civilian harm.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Al Assah (العسة), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.826944, 11.635. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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قتيل وجرحى في قصف جوي من قبل قوات الكرامة على منطقة العسة القريبة من مدينة زوارة. #ليبيا
— عين ليبيا (@EanLibya) March 17, 2015