Dozens Killed In Week-Long Battle For Libya Airport -- Business Standard
Tripoli, July 21 (IANS/EFE) Forty-seven people have been killed, most of them civilians, and 120 others wounded in a week of fighting between two Libyan militia groups seeking to control the Tripoli International Airport, Libya's health ministry reported Monday.
Most of the dead were residents of Qasr Ben Ghashir neighbourhood near the airport, who died when their homes were hit in the crossfire, and only two of the fatal victims were insurgents, the ministry said on its website.
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More News On Libyan Militias Continuing To Battle For Control Over Tripoli's International Airport
Rival militias in Libya fight to control Tripoli airport -- AP/Post Media News
Libya: 47 killed in clashes between rival militias fighting over Tripoli airport -- AP
Islamists resume assault on main Libya airport -- Global Post/AFP
Libyan militias' battle for Tripoli airport forces hundreds of families to flee -- The Guardian
Libya airport battle leaves 47 dead -- SKY News
Nearly 50 Dead in Renewed Libya Fighting -- VOA
47 Killed In Clashes Between Rival Libyan Militia -- IBTimes
Ongoing violence at Libya's main airport leaves 47 dead -- AL Bawaba
WNU Editor: Social media is posting some incredible pictures of destruction.
State of the art Airbus A330 totally destroyed today at Tripoli International Airport. Only 2 years old #Tripoli pic.twitter.com/ENsPkgQXse
— O AlBarghathi (@LibyanPilot) July 20, 2014
2 comments:
Another tragic example of a passenger refusing to turn off his lap top when requested by flight crew. When will the public learn.
I use to call this Russian humor .... I have clearly been wrong.
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