Geolocation
Airwars assessment
On February 17th, multiple sources reported at least 13 and as many as 20 civilian fatalities and up to 200 more injured by Gaddafi security forces in Benghazi, who were said to have fired live rounds on Gamal Abdel Nasser Street.
Al Jazeera reports “there were reports of six deaths in the Benghazi confrontations, where supporters of the Libyan regime in civilian clothes (thugs) fired live bullets at the demonstrators on Jamal Abdel Nasser Street as well as on Amr bin Al-Aas Street in the city center.”
A Facebook post from Ehab Al Shibani later named the 13 dead.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Summary
Sources (18) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]
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Images of all the victims, taken from https://www.facebook.com/groups/149258408469329/permalink/405694566159044/
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Salah El-Din Al-Jahawi, taken from https://www.facebook.com/groups/166805546685121/permalink/474239765941696/
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Images of all the victims, taken from https://www.facebook.com/145805892249838/photos/a.145806865583074/147381082092319/
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Benghazi (بنغازي), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.112582, 20.082151. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.