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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Code: LN038)
A boy and his mother were killed by NATO bombing in the third residential area in Sirte in September 16th 2011.
Various condolence pages reported their death without providing further details.
NATO on that day reported striking “5 Command and Controle Nodes, 3 Radar Systems, 4 Armed Vehicles, 8 Air Missile Systems” near Sirte.
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the third neighbourhood (الحي رقم 3) of Sirte (سرت), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.204873, 16.600943. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Reports of the incident mention the third neighbourhood (الحي رقم 3) of Sirte (سرت).
Imagery: Google Earth