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Fuel depot blast in Libya's Sirte kills 100: commander
[Dawn] A fuel tank went kaboom!in Moamer Qadaffy's ...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received for at least 42 years... hometown Sirte killing more than 100 people less than a week after the deposed despot was captured and killed there, a military commander said on Tuesday. "There was an enormous kaboom and a huge fire. More than 100 people were killed and 50 others maimed" in Monday night's blast, National Transitional Council commander Leith Mohammed told AFP. He said the scene was "a heart wrenching spectacle with dozens of charred bodies." The kaboom happened as a crowd of people waited near the fuel tank to fill up their cars. "We are still unable to put out the fire," Mohammed said. Some of the victims had returned to the town, the last bastion of resistance by Qadaffy loyalists, which fell on Thursday, to inspect the damage to their properties, the NTC commander added. Posted by: Fred 2011-10-26 |
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