UN: Tripoli hospitals report 47 dead in recent fighting

9 Apr 2019 • 6:00 PM MYT
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A crater is seen at the blast site after an air strike at Mitiga airport in Tripoli, Libya April 8, 2019. — Reuters pic

GENEVA, April 9 — Health facilities near Tripoli have reported 47 people killed and 181 wounded in recent days as eastern forces seek to take Libya's capital from an internationally-recognised government, the United Nations' health body said today.

The renewed conflict in a nation splintered since the 2011 toppling of Muammar Gaddafi also risks draining medical supplies, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned. — Reuters

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