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Four civilians, three of them children, were killed and five more injured by alleged LNA shelling on Ain Zara.
UNSMIL tweeted: “Four young women and girls aged between 14-20 killed, and five others, including a 11-year-old child, were injured yesterday in a senseless indiscriminate shelling affecting a civilian neighborhood in Ain Zara, reportedly by LNA forces.”
The Field Medicine and Support Center named the victims and said: “Today, Wednesday, 3/18/2020, a notification was received at the Field Medicine and Support Center of the occurrence of indiscriminate shells in the Ain Zara area near the four streets of Zouita, after which ambulances were sent.” It add that the wounded were transferred to the Dar Al-Rahma at the Tripoli Medical Center.
Other sources quoted the Field Medicine and Support Center.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
Family members (6)
The victims were named as:
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Two of the victims allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Ain Zara on March 19th, 2020 (via FMSC) -
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The four victims victims allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Ain Zara on March 19th, 2020 (via Burkan Al Ghadab)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Al Zuwaita Junction (أربع شوارع زويته), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.815761, 13.300764. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.