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Africa North
Unidentified warplane hits civilian people in Sokna town
2016-09-21
[Libya Observer] At least seven people were killed and four others maimed on Tuesday in an Arclight airstrike conducted by an unidentified warplane on Ninah Park in Sokna town, around 600 km southeast of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
Sources said local and non-resident families were enjoying sulphurous waters inside the park when the Arclight airstrike took place.

Women and children were among the victims, the sources added.

Misrata Airbase denied social media rumours that the warplane had taken off from Misrata.

"There were no air missions in that region today, there were only reconnaissance flights in the coastline," the front man for the emergency air operations Mohammed Gango confirmed.

The UN-proposed Presidency Council held an urgent meeting in Tripoli to discuss the incident. It also tasked the defence ministry to set up an immediate investigation into the incident.
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