Airstrike hits Tripoli house killing at least 3

Описание: (14 Oct 2019) An airstrike slammed into a house in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday, killing at least three civilians and wounding two others including a child, health authorities said.
The airstrike took place in the Firnaj district, a few kilometres (miles) from the city centre, said a health ministry spokesperson.
He said the wounded were a mother and her child, who were taken to a nearby hospital.
The Red Crescent in Tripoli said the dead were children.
Tripoli has been the scene of fighting between rival militias since April.
The U.N.-supported government holds the capital, while forces associated with General Khalifa Hifter are trying to seize it.
The Tripoli-based government blamed the airstrike on Hifter's forces, the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA).
The LNA said the strike targeted a military camp that the Tripoli militias used as an 'operation room'. It denied targeting a civilian residence.

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