LIBYA: Libyan rebels say at least ten of their fighters have been killed in a coalition air strike near the town of Brega

Record ID: 353052

  • Title: LIBYA: Libyan rebels say at least ten of their fighters have been killed in a coalition air strike near the town of Brega
  • Date: 3rd April 2011
  • Summary: OUTSIDE BREGA, LIBYA (APRIL 2, 2011) (REUTERS) BLACKENED ROAD, PEOPLE CLEARING UP AROUND BURNT-OUT VEHICLES BURNT-OUT AND OVERTURNED VEHICLES PEOPLE CLEARING DEBRIS FROM ROAD VARIOUS OF BURNT-OUT VEHICLES VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED REBEL FIGHTER, SAYING: "We moved two kilometres away from them and they were shooting upwa
  • Embargoed: 18th April 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Reuters ID: LVADXPW75140WRP8VCF7C2MWO297
  • Story Text: A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday (April 1), killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday (April 2).
    The burnt-out husks of at least four vehicles including an ambulance could be seen by the side of the road near the eastern entrance to the oil town.
    Men prayed at freshly dug graves covered by the rebel red, black and green flag nearby.
    Rebel fighters at the scene said as many as 14 people may have died in the bombing, which they said happened around 10 p.m. local time (9 p.m. British time) Most blamed a Gaddafi agent for deliberately drawing the friendly fire but some said other rebels had shot into the air by accident.
    Gaddafi's forces fired rockets on Brega overnight and fighting continued further west around the town's university early on Saturday, rebels said.
    The road into Brega was only lightly manned.
    A rebel captain said earlier that the rebels had passed through the eastern gate of the town where a group of Gaddafi's forces had surrendered to them.
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