Tuesday, 22. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 4:49:00 PM CET
Libyan city in 'catastrophic situation' as Gaddafi attacks continue
Doctors in Libya's rebel-held city of Misrata are operating on people with bullet and shrapnel wounds in hospital corridors after attacks by government forces killed dozens and wounded many more, residents said.
A resident reached by telephone told Reuters 40 people were killed in shelling on Monday. Tanks in the centre of the city were firing again on Tuesday and four young children were killed when the car they were in was hit, the resident said.
guardian.co.uk Caller to BBC from Misrata describes situation as “a catastrophe”.
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