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Two civilians were reportedly killed by LNA shelling on the Abu Salim neighbourhood of Tripoli.
Alwasat reported: “The Abu Salim Municipal Council announced the killing of two young men, one of whom is Moroccan, after a shell fell due to indiscriminate shelling in the municipality.
The council said in a statement published on its Facebook page, that one young men from the Farhat family and the other of Moroccan nationality were driving in front of the house of the Farhat family after the fall of a shell led to their death in the locality of Abu Zar al-Ghafari Street bumps.
The house was destroyed by the shell.”
Other sources published similar reports as well as pictures and videos of the incident.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Summary
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Media
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Debris after an airstrike on Tripoli on October 3rd, 2019 (via Burkan Al Ghadab)
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Destroyed car after an airstrike on Tripoli on October 3rd, 2019 (via Burkan Al Ghadab)
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Destroyed car after an airstrike on Tripoli on October 3rd, 2019 (via Burkan Al Ghadab)
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Destroyed car after an airstrike on Tripoli on October 3rd, 2019 (via Burkan Al Ghadab)
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Destroyed car after an airstrike on Tripoli on October 3rd, 2019 (via Burkan Al Ghadab)
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Destroyed car after an airstrike on Tripoli on October 3rd, 2019 (via Burkan Al Ghadab)
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Damaged cars after an airstrike on Tripoli on October 3rd, 2019 (Tk Yahroug Kl shy)
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Damage after an airstrike on Tripoli on October 3rd, 2019 (Tk Yahroug Kl shy)
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Destroyed car after an airstrike on Tripoli on October 3rd, 2019 (Tk Yahroug Kl shy)
Geolocation notes (1) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention the Abu Dhar Al Ghafari (أبى ذر الغفاري) area, allegedly within the neighbourhood of Abu Salim (أبو سليم). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Abu Salim are: 32.842957, 13.171578.