Geolocation
Airwars assessment
One civilian was allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on the 1,000 housing units in Sirte.
According to Al Gadadiffa martyrs, “Yaza Omar, age unknown, was killed due to the indiscriminate shelling of 1,000 housing units.”
NATO on that day reported hitting “1 command and control node, 1 infantry and anti-aircraft artillery staging area, 2 armed vehicles, 4 armoured infantry vehicles, 1 tank” in the vicinity of Sirte.
There is no further information currently available.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Summary
Sources (2) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes (1) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention the 1000 Housing Project (1000 وحدة سكنية) of Sirte (سرت), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.201349, 16.583776. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
NATO forces Assessment:
Original strike reports
In the vicinity of Sirte: 1 command and control node, 1 infantry and anti-aircraft artillery staging area, 2 armed vehicles, 4 armoured infantry vehicles, 1 tank.