Incident Code
LC051
Incident Code
LC051
Incident Date
2 December 2016
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
On December 2nd, Mohamed Lajnef posted pictures of two injured children on Facebook, saying they had been liberated from ISIS.
On December 5th Libya’s Channel reported Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous rescued over a hundred children and women from ISIS, some of the children severely injured. It showed pictures of two children: one is the same depicted in Mohamed Lajnef’s images.
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.