Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

LC314

Incident date

March 18, 2020

Location

باب بن غشير, Bab Ben Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

Geolocation

32.870935, 13.193550 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A woman and her daughter and niece were injured because of LNA shelling on the Bab Bin Gashir area of Tripoli.

The rival Burkan Al Ghadab operation said: “Citizen Nisreen Bin Hamed dies, and her daughter and niece are injured, as a result of a shell fired by the war criminal militia militia Haftar on their car in the Bab Bin Ghashir area.”

Libya Alhrar TV quoted the report.

The is currently no further information available.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Adult female killed
Age unknown female injured
Age unknown female injured

Geolocation notes (1) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention the area of Bab Ben Gashir (باب بن غشير), for which the possible coordinates are: 32.870935, 13.19355. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

  • Reports of the incident mention the area of Bab Ben Gashir (باب بن غشير).

    Imagery:
    Google Earth

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Libyan National Army

Sources (2) [ collapse]

Libyan National Army Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Libyan National Army
  • Libyan National Army position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Libyan National Army

Sources (2) [ collapse]