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On Saturday, June 20, 2015, one civilian was reportedly killed in an alleged General National Congress/Libya Dawn airstrike on a power station in Nofaliya, in the Sirte district of Libya.
Russeifa News reported in a post on Facebook that Libya Dawn military aircraft strikes the electricity building in the Nofaliya area, resulting the death of Taher Abdullah Al-Tawergi.
Sirte Gecol News reported that “On Saturday afternoon, the third day of Ramadan, a plane attacked the area of Nofaliya Valley and the bombing caused the death of Taher Abdullah Bashir Tawergi, a staff member of the General Electricity Company at his workplace.”
Russeifa News shared images of the building after the incident as well as unexploded munitions at the site.
Other sources published similar reports.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Nofaliya (النوفلية). By analysing photos from sources we eventually narrowed it down an exact location for which the coordinates are: 30.773635, 17.836839
Reports of the incident mention the town of Nofaliya (النوفلية). Analysing photos from sources we eventually narrowed it down an exact location.
Imagery: Google Earth
Panoramic stitch of footage from the incident.
Imagery: ALRSEEFA.NET
Panoramic stitch of footage from the incident.
Imagery: Google Earth