Incident Code

Lib2011-149

Location

خلة الفرجان, Warehouse in Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, Libya

Geolocation

32.886602, 13.190912
Accuracy: Exact location (via Airwars)

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: LM039)

Between 63 and 170 prisoners were killed in the early evening in Yarmouk prison under the control of Gaddafi forces in a warehouse in Khallet al Furjan on August 23, 2011.

According to the UN Report Source, in the early evening, prison guards at the facility threw between 6 and 8 grenades into the warehouse holding the prisoners and then the guards began shooting the prisoners with AK47s. The violence continued for between 10-30 minutes before the guards stopped, possibly to get more ammunition. A guard ordered to collect the bodies counted 109 bodies.

DW News reported that 50-53 charred bodies were found at the site of the massacre. BBC News reported that 47 bodies were found at the site but a survivor of the massacre said that 153 people were being held at the time and only 20 escaped. He also added that most of the detainees were civilians.

Lalout News reported that over 170 victims were killed at the Yarmouk massacre.

The names of those killed:

Ali Muhammad Faraj Al-Bahbah, 20 years old, from Zliten

Anas Bashir Abu Bakr bin Aisha, arrested on August 18, 2011 in the uprising of Al Baza

Abd al-Hakim Khalifa al-Kabir

Bahaa al-Din Salih Abd al-Salam al-Thani

Jamal Khalifa Abdullah Al-Lafi

Osama Khalifa Abdullah Al-Lafi

 Muhammad Khalfa Abdullah Al-Lafi

Imad al-Din Salem Abu al-Qasim Hassan

Al Naji Masoud Salem Al-Zardab

Masoud Salem Abdullah Al-Zardab

Osama Abd Al-Salam Abdullah Al-Saeedi

Joum’a Masoud Abu Al-Qasim Abu Dabba

Saleh Khalifa Muhammad Al-Fitouri

Saddam Ali Muhammad Ashour

Saleh Ali Muhammad Ashour

Muhammad Imhamed Erhim Obaid

Muhammad Mahmoud Abdullah Al-Sari

Mahmoud Imhamed Mahmoud As-Sari

Ahmed Mustafa Ahmed Al-Sari

Ali Saleh Ahmad As-Sari

Muhammad Nuri Mahmoud As-Sari

Mustafa Muhammad Qununu

Khaled Mustafa Muhammad Qununu

Abd al-Basit Musafi Muhammad Qununu

Ramadan Abdullah Muhammad Zureik

Muhammad Umar Al-Sadiq Ahmadi

Osama Faraj Al-Misrati

Tariq Abd al-Latif bin Zahia

Atia Omar Ahmidan

Abdul-Malik Abdel Hafeez Himyer

Muhammad Omar Al-Bak

Abdullah Bouamran Al-Ghoula

Abdul Razzaq Masoud Misbah Al-Naaji

Rajab Masoud Misbah Al-Naaji

Abu Bakr Miloud Al-Taif Al-Najjar

Mustafa Ahmed Al-Ashhab

Ali Ibrahim Al-Shwahidi

Mustafa Muhammad Al-Manqoush

Salem Hussein Al-Qady

Yusef Salem Al-Qadi

Essam Jabra Ihbeish

Atiyah Moftah bin Sulaiman

Muhammad Moftah Hammouda

Hussain Abdul Hamid Al-Mabqa 

Muhammad Bashir bin Aisha

Ramadan Mahmoud Jaber

Ali Al-Hadi Misbah

Hasan Ali Ghaith

Abd al-Salam Abu Hanik

Ibrahim Fateh Al-Eshitr

Mustafa Muhammad Abu Mariqa

Faraj Muhammad Aghilib

Wael Atiyah Abd Al-Hamid Al-Adl

Al-Saeed Al-Sayyed Al Sayyad 

Al-Najjar is Egyptian

Khaled Al-Soghair Abusaq

Ayman Younis Al-Sukaih

Amhammad Muhammad Abdullah Al-Aswad

Mahmoud Abdel Salam Adrah

Muhammad Muhammad Shaaban al-Dabrzi

Miftah Abdul Qader Al Futaisi

Ali Ibrahim Al-Daradh

Omar Salem Muhammad Salhuba

 

 

 

Victims

Individuals

Ali Muhammad Faraj Al-Bahbah
20 years old male He is one of the rebels from the jihad city of Zliten, who was lost while joining the rebels and was arrested by the Gaddafi Brigades on Thursday at 10:30 pm on 08/18/2011. killed
Anas Bashir Abu Bakr bin Aisha
male Anas was arrested on August 18, 2011 in the uprising of Al Baza killed
Abd al-Hakim Khalifa al-Kabir
male killed
Bahaa al-Din Salih Abd al-Salam al-Thani
killed
Jamal Khalifa Abdullah Al-Lafi
killed
Osama Khalifa Abdullah Al-Lafi
killed
Muhammad Khalfa Abdullah Al-Lafi
killed
Imad al-Din Salem Abu al-Qasim Hassan
killed
Al Naji Masoud Salem Al-Zardab
killed
Masoud Salem Abdullah Al-Zardab
killed
Osama Abd Al-Salam Abdullah Al-Saeedi
killed
Joum’a Masoud Abu Al-Qasim Abu Dabba
male killed
Saleh Khalifa Muhammad Al-Fitouri
killed
Saddam Ali Muhammad Ashour
killed
Saleh Ali Muhammad Ashour
killed
Muhammad Imhamed Erhim Obaid
killed
Muhammad Mahmoud Abdullah Al-Sari
killed
Mahmoud Imhamed Mahmoud As-Sari
killed
Ahmed Mustafa Ahmed Al-Sari
killed
Ali Saleh Ahmad As-Sari
killed
Muhammad Nuri Mahmoud As-Sari
killed
Mustafa Muhammad Qununu
killed
Khaled Mustafa Muhammad Qununu
killed
Abd al-Basit Musafi Muhammad Qununu
killed
Ramadan Abdullah Muhammad Zureik
killed
Muhammad Umar Al-Sadiq Ahmadi
killed
Osama Faraj Al-Misrati
killed
Tariq Abd al-Latif bin Zahia
killed
Atia Omar Ahmidan
killed
Abdul-Malik Abdel Hafeez Himyer
killed
Muhammad Omar Al-Bak
killed
Abdullah Bouamran Al-Ghoula
killed
Abdul Razzaq Masoud Misbah Al-Naaji
killed
Rajab Masoud Misbah Al-Naaji
killed
Abu Bakr Miloud Al-Taif Al-Najjar
killed
Mustafa Ahmed Al-Ashhab
killed
Ali Ibrahim Al-Shwahidi
killed
Mustafa Muhammad Al-Manqoush
killed
Salem Hussein Al-Qady
killed
Yusef Salem Al-Qadi
killed
Essam Jabra Ihbeish
killed
Atiyah Moftah bin Sulaiman
killed
Muhammad Moftah Hammouda
killed
Hussain Abdul Hamid Al-Mabqa
killed
Muhammad Bashir bin Aisha
killed
Ramadan Mahmoud Jaber
killed
Ali Al-Hadi Misbah
killed
Hasan Ali Ghaith
killed
Abd al-Salam Abu Hanik
killed
Ibrahim Fateh Al-Eshitr
killed
Mustafa Muhammad Abu Mariqa
killed
Faraj Muhammad Aghilib
killed
Wael Atiyah Abd Al-Hamid Al-Adl
killed
Al-Saeed Al-Sayyed Al Sayyad
killed
Al-Najjar is Egyptian
killed
Khaled Al-Soghair Abusaq
killed
Ayman Younis Al-Sukaih
killed
Amhammad Muhammad Abdullah Al-Aswad
killed
Mahmoud Abdel Salam Adrah
killed
Muhammad Muhammad Shaaban al-Dabrzi
killed
Miftah Abdul Qader Al Futaisi
killed
Ali Ibrahim Al-Daradh
killed
Omar Salem Muhammad Salhuba
killed

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Ground operation
Strike Status
Likely strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Civilians reported killed
64–170
4 Men

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention a warehouse in Khallet Al Furjan (خلة الفرجان) south of Tripoli (طرابلس‎). Analyzing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to these exact coordinates: 32.773607, 13.211762.

Reports of the incident mention a warehouse in Khallet Al Furjan (خلة الفرجان) south of Tripoli (طرابلس‎). Analyzing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to exact coordinates.

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