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Airwars assessment
One civilian was allegedly killed and two policemen injured by LNA shelling on the Al Fornaj area of Tripoli.
Ambulance Services Libya only reported one injury.
Hona Souq Al-Khmies reported: “5 rockets land on the university dormitory where the displaced people live, wounding 2 members of the police, and the killing of the citizen Hamza Abdel-Rahman in an outrageous way as a result of the shelling
The pictures we received from the hospital for the young man’s body.”
The GNA-led Burkan Al Ghadab operation said: “Grad rockets fired by the terrorist Haftar militia fell a short while ago in the vicinity of the IDPs’ residence in the Al-Farnaj area, died as a result of Hamza Abdul-Rahman Al-Tawil, son of the former chief of staff, Major General Abdul-Rahman al-Tawil, and wounded 2 policemen.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the Al Fornaj (الفرناج) area of Tripoli (طرابلس). The coordinates for Al Fornaj are: 32.850793, 13.239605. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Hamza Abdul-Rahman Al-Tawil, allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Al Fornaj on April 17, 2020 (via Burkan Al Ghadab) -
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Hamza Abdul-Rahman Al-Tawil, allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Al Fornaj on April 17, 2020 (via Burkan Al Ghadab) -
Another picture of Hamza Abdul-Rahman Al-Tawil, allegedy killed by LNA shelling on Tripoli on April 17, 2020 (via Hmmam.benawid)