Rocket attacks carried out on Saturday morning against Mitiga Airport led to a massive damage scale, leaving two Airbus planes damaged and out of service after being hit by shrapnel, according to the Libyan Airlines.
The spokesman of the Libyan Airlines Muhammed Kniwa said in a statement to Sada Economic Newspaper that shelling on Mitiga Airport set ablaze jet fuel tanks, destroyed firefighters’ vehicles, damaged the runway and the passengers’ lounge.
Meanwhile, the Libyan Health Ministry said two people had been killed and several others injured in the shelling on Mitiga Airport and surrounding neighborhoods.
Saturday’s attacks came hours after the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned the indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Tripoli, saying the attacks “may amount to war crimes.”
