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Five civilians from one family were allegedly killed by a Turkish drone strike on Castelverde.
Akhbar Libya 24 said: “The Libyan National Army confirmed the killing of an entire family of five people as a result of an airstrike launched by a Turkish plane on the Al-Rawajeh area near Qarah Bulli, east of the capital, Tripoli.
‘Five victims of one family, the father, the mother, and the sons, were killed as a result of the targeting of their car by a drone in the Al-Rawajeh area on the outskirts of the capital, Tripoli, said the spokesman for the commander-in-chief of the army, Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari, in a Facebook post.”
Other sources also reported five victims.
Libya Witness said the drone took off from Mitiga airport in Tripoli.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (5)
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Picture of allegedly shelling on Castelverde on February 27th, 2020 (via Tk Yahroug Kl shy)
Geolocation notes (1) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Al Rawajeh (الرواجح), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.727222, 13.665833. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.