Airwars assessment
On April 11th, 2011, three members of the Swaib family were killed, with three other member injured by Gaddafi forces in Misurata. A Facebook post from the page “Libya Only” reported the casualties on April 24th. A young child and his parents were injured, with another four year old child reported dead alongside two male adults.
Libya only reports ” he was injured when he was with his family near the island of Duran Karazaz (Muhammad Jamal Muhammad Swaib), where his grandfather (Muhammad Swaib, who was 63 years old) and his uncle (Hamza Muhammad Swaib, who was 22 years old) were martyred. And his cousin (Aisha Misbah Sweib, who was 4 years old!), And both his father and mother were injured.”
HRW and another page called “Martyrs List” confirmed the casualties.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (4)
- Muhammad Jamal Muhammad Swaib Child male injured
- Muhammad Swaib 63 years old male killed
- Hamza Muhammad Swaib 22 years old male killed
- Aisha Misbah Swaib 4 years old male killed
Summary
Sources (3) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Misurata (مصراتة), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.374457, 15.087794. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.