Libya: Shelling kills 3 children, injures more in Tripoli

M/S Damaged car, Tripoli
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M/S Damaged car
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SOT, Resident (Arabic): "There is nothing related to the military or any military involvement here, we are far away from everything, this is a civilian neighbourhood, we only ask for protection."
M/S Damaged car
M/S Damaged car
SOT, Resident (Arabic): "At 2:30 a bomb shells hit right there and the children were playing there, after the shell hit some children and some limbs from other children were over each other, four were sent to the hospital, three passed away and one is in intensive care."
M/S People talking by damaged car
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W/S View of Tripoli
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Three children were killed amid shelling in a residential area of Tripoli on Tuesday, according to a Health Ministry spokesperson.
Footage filmed in the aftermath shows damaged vehicles.
According to Health Ministry information adviser Ameen Hashemi, two children were killed at the scene and a third died from his injuries in the hospital.
"There is nothing related to the military or any military involvement here, we are far away from everything, this is a civilian neighbourhood, we only ask for protection," said a resident of the area where the shelling took place.
The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) blamed the Libyan National Army (LNA) for the attack, although the latter did not claim responsibility.
Fighting has been taking place around the Libyan capital since the LNA, which controls much of Libya's east and parts of the south, first launched an offensive to gain control of Tripoli from the GNA in April.