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Airwars assessment
Between two and five civilians were allegedly killed by a GNA airstrike on Sidi as Sa’is near Tripoli.
Almarsad reported: “A doctor at the hospital of Tarhuna confirmed the death of two young men and the injury of two others and a family consisting of 4 children and their father seriously injured by the bombing of one of the planes of the air college Misurata to a group of civilian cars in front of the fuel station in Sidi as Sa’is area south of Tripoli.
Eyewitnesses told the Observer newspaper on Wednesday that a plane belonging to the Misurata Air Force bombed a fuel tank and a number of civilian cars near the fuel station Sidi as Sa’is south of Tripoli.”
Matog Saleh tweeted that two civilians were killed and four children injured.
An Amnesty Internation on-the-ground investigation later said: “According to eye witnesses, two GNA air-delivered rockets struck several vehicles near a fuel station in the Sidi Sayah area on 3 July 2019 at about 1 pm, killing five civilians. Mohammed al-Sayah, who lives nearby, told Amnesty International that three of his relatives, Wajdi Othman al-Sayah, 26, Mosbah, Khalifa al-Sayah, 29, and Ayad Mosbah Abu Saif, 51, were killed in the strike, together with a woman and her child, whose names are not known.”
The incident occured at approximately 1:00 am local time.
The victims were named as:
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A child reportedly injured in the attack (via Almarsad)
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The supposed scene of the strike (via Almarsad)
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A child severely injured by the alleged strike (via Almarsad) -
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Another person allegedly injured in the attack (via Almarsad)
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Body bags, supposedly with those deceased (via Almarsad)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the Sidi as Sa’is fuel station, for which the coordinates are 32.552162 13.243712