Airwars assessment
Three civilians were allegedly killed and a mother injured by a NATO airstrike on the Al Wafa neighbourhood of Sirte, which is alternatively referred to as Al Dollar neighbourhood..
ANVWL said on one of the victim’s circumstances of death on October 6th: “The child was killed in Al-Wafa neighbourhood, Al-Dollar neighbourhood, as a result of the indiscriminate shelling that fell on her family’s home, seriously injuring her mother.”
Shhda Aljmahyryt Alzmy listed three victims killed on October 7th.
NATO reported no strikes on October 6th and one strike on a “Firing and Vehicle Staging Point” in Sirte.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
- Salam Jumaa Ali Al-Qahsi Al-Gaddafi Child female killed
- Nour Al-Hoda Hussein, Al-Tayeb Al-Qahsi Al-Gaddafi Age unknown female killed
- Rola Ahmid Abd al-Salam Abu Minyar al-Qahsi al-Gaddafi Child female killed
Summary
Sources (6) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes (1) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention the neighborhood of Dollar (الدولار) in the city of Benghazi (بنغازي), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.198743, 16.571168. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
NATO forces Assessment:
Original strike reports
1 Firing and Vehicle Staging Point was engaged and destroyed in Sirte.