The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented in September 35 civilian casualties: 12 deaths and 23 injuries, during the conduct of hostilities across the country.
In its monthly reported, which was issued Monday, the UNSMIL explained that the victims included seven killed men and eight injured ones, three killed women and two injured ones, as well as two killed children (one girl and one boy) besides 13 injured children (seven girls and six boys)
"The majority of civilian casualties were caused by explosive remnants of war (ERW, 5 deaths and 5 injuries) and gunfire (4 deaths and 6 injuries). The exact causes of another 3 deaths and 12 injuries were unknown – but likely to either be shelling or gunfire." The UNSMIL wrote on its website.
According to the UNSMIL, the report documented five deaths and 12 injuries in Sabratha, five deaths and eight injuries in Benghazi, three injuries in Derna, one death in Al-Zawiya, and one death in Tobruk.
While in Benghazi, ERW caused the death of three men, one woman and one child as well as the injury of a man and four children.
Regarding the besieged city of Derna, the UNSMIL's report documented that on September 18, the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) affiliates stationed at the Martuba checkpoint fired into the air to disperse Derna residents seeking passage, leading as a result to that fact that a man in his 60s sustained shrapnel injuries to his eye, whereas on September 22, two girls sustained gunshot wounds when their car came under fire in the area of Al-Fatayeh in Derna.
In August, the UNSMIL documented seven deaths and 14 injuries among civilians due to the hostilities nationwide.
