LIBYA: At least seven rebels are reported killed after fighters came under attack from troops loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi on the outskirts of Misrata

Record ID: 1543029

  • Title: LIBYA: At least seven rebels are reported killed after fighters came under attack from troops loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi on the outskirts of Misrata
  • Date: 20th June 2011
  • Summary: NEAR MISRATA, LIBYA (JUNE 19, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF INJURED REBELS ON STRETCHERS INJURED REBEL IN BACK OF AMBULANCE AMBULANCE DRIVING VARIOUS OF INJURED REBELS BEING WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. MOHAMMED BERAH, SAYING: "Actually, about five or six o'clock early morning, Gaddafi's army started to have a force on our thawar (rebels) and suddenly at seven o'clock, a gush of cases were brought in. Two, three, about four people were directly brought, dead, the others are from minor to major injuries. And followed until now, which is about 11 o'clock, total injures about 22 injuries, and seven deaths." INJURED REBEL BEING WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL INJURED MAN IN BACK OF AMBULANCE BODIES UNDER BLANKET IN BACK OF PICK-UP TRUCK VARIOUS OF MEN CHANTING: "THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD" BLOODY FOOT STICKING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH BLANKET IN PICK-UP TRUCK
  • Embargoed: 5th July 2011 09:46
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA1LC92CPQXXMSI887CNL6UL4XH
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: A doctor at a field hospital near Misrata said at least seven rebels were killed and 22 injured during heavy fighting on Sunday (June 19).
    Rebels from the city of Misrata, about 200 km (130 miles) east of Tripoli, have been trying to push west towards the Libyan capital but on Sunday they took heavy casualties when they came under fire from pro-Gaddafi forces.
    A procession of pick-up trucks turned up at the field hospital carrying the wounded and the dead, some of them covered up with blankets.
    A doctor said the rebels had come under attack in the early hours of the morning.
    "Actually, about five or six o'clock early morning, Gaddafi's army started to have a force on our thawar (rebels) and suddenly at seven o'clock, a gush of cases were brought in. Two, three, about four people were directly brought, dead, the others are from minor to major injuries. And followed until now, which is about 11 o'clock, total injures about 22 injuries, and seven deaths," said Dr. Mohammed Berah.
    The rebels, who have been trying to reach the government-controlled town of Zlitan, returned fire from multiple rocket launchers.
    After four months of civil war, rebels control the eastern third of Libya, the Mediterranean port city of Misrata and much of the Western Mountains region stretching to the border with Tunisia.
    But they remain far from seizing their ultimate prize -- Gaddafi's powerbase of Tripoli and its hinterland -- despite air support from NATO.
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