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muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 07:15 PM Jul 2019

Air strike on Libya hospital kills five doctors - Trump's man is accused

An air strike has killed five doctors in a hospital in the southern outskirts of Libya's capital Tripoli, an official from the UN-backed government says.

A warplane belonging to Khalifa Hafta, the rogue general who commands the Libyan National Army, carried out the attack, the health ministry spokesman added.
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Saturday's bombing also wounded seven people, including some rescuers, Lamine al-Hashem, the spokesman from the health ministry, said.

"It was a direct hit against the field hospital which was packed with medical teams," Mr Hashemi added.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-49143263

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