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Airwars assessment
One child has reportedly been injured because of LNA shelling near Mitiga airport.
Libya Observer said: “The media office of Volcano of Rage Operation said Wednesday that Khalifa Haftar’s forces breached the ceasefire agreement again by targeting Mitiga Airport in Tripoli with six Grad rockets leading to the suspension of flights for hours.
The media office reported the spokesman for the Libyan Army Mohammed Gununu as confirming Haftar’s forces attack on Mitiga Airport in Tripoli without reported damages or casualties, saying the attack by Haftar’s forces was a threat to air traffic and new violation of the ceasefire.”
Hona Souq Al-Khmies posted on Facebook: “The child Mahmoud Zarty was injured by shrapnel resulting from the fall of shells in the vicinity of Maitika airport.”
Ahmad Zarty commented on the post: “Thanks to everyone who called for my nephew
My Lord keeps you young and saves blood”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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Mahmoud Zarty, injured by alleged LNA shelling on Tripoli on January 22nd, 2020 (via Hona Souq Al-Khmies)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Tripoli Mitiga International Airport (طرابلس مطار معيتيقة), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.895041, 13.2923412. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.