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Yesterday (9) the rebels bombed the Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, which was bombarded by more than 80 rockets, resulting in damage to two passenger planes, runways and waiting rooms at the airport. It caused a fire and thick black smoke. The current airstrike is known to have killed 6 people.
Al Jazeera and The Libya Observer reported that Mitiga International Airport in the Libyan capital was attacked yesterday by a rebel led by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar. Libya’s interior ministry said more than 80 one rocket was fired, causing 6 deaths and dozens of injuries so far.
The airstrike operation caused massive damage to Mitiga International Airport, including two passenger planes, airstrips, and passenger waiting rooms, which were hit by rockets. One of the impacted Airbus A320 passenger jets was also a special aircraft for evacuating Chinese abroad, which would have taken off to Spain to transport Libyan citizens caught in coronary pneumonia.
Not only that, the rocket also hit the airport’s fuel tank, causing the fuel tank to go down in flames, and the asphalt was thickly covered in smoke.
The report noted that Libya has been divided into two governments in the east and the west. The Government of National Accord (GNA), based in Tripoli, has received international recognition. It is located in the east and is led by the strong man Hafta. National Army) Tripoli, which has been continuously bombed since April last year, hopes to regain its power. Mitiga International Airport has also been the target of repeated attacks. Fortunately, for security reasons, the airport has stopped taking off and landing passenger planes since March.
(China Times News)
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