# Airstrike attributed to LNA forces killed children in Tripoli's al-Fernaj district

Date: 2019

Human Rights Watch investigated an airstrike in Tripoli's al-Fernaj neighborhood that killed three young sisters and injured another child and their mother. The LNA acknowledged conducting a strike in the area while disputing that civilians were deliberately targeted.

## Drivers

- Haftar LNA parallel power, Tripoli offensive and oil coercion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/haftar-lna-parallel-power

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/19/libya-deadly-airstrike-apparently-unlawful
- https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/02/12/libya-qa-international-commission-inquiry

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/al-fernaj-tripoli-airstrike-2019