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| 7 kids among 8 killed in Libya shelling | |
| 2015-05-16 | |
Benghazi -- Random shelling of residential areas in the restive eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has killed eight people from one family, including seven children, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack late on Thursday.
Ashraf Al Saiti, a senior medical official at Benghazi’s Al Jala hospital, said the family’s home in Al Salam district came under intense shelling from the nearby Al Sabri neighbourhood, a stronghold of extremists. The children killed were between five and 10 years old, he said. Earlier this week, three children were killed and several civilians were wounded when a dozen mortar shells struck the neighbourhood of Baloun in central Benghazi, officials said. The shelling appear to be linked to Monday’s killing of 19-year-old Daesh operative Ali Al Barghathi, also known as Farouk Al Barkawi, who returned from Syria where he had joined Daesh in 2013, said intelligence official Jibril Mustafa. Pictures and statements eulogising Al Barkawi have been posted on social networking sites by Daesh supporters. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |