At least 30 military college students have been killed in an airstrike in the Libyan capital Tripoli, reports said on Monday.
The information office of the Health ministry of the Accord Government said that 30 students were killed and 37 others were wounded in the latest airstrike.
The government has accused forces loyal to Khalifa Hafter, the commander of Libyan National Army of carrying out the airstrike,
But the spokesman of the Libyan army Ahmed Mesmary denied the accusation and also disclaimed responsibility for the attack on the military college south of Tripoli.
The UN Support Mission in Libya strongly condemned Sunday’s bombing of the military academy.
It warned that the growing escalation of the armed conflict around Tripoli will complicate the situation in Libya and threaten the chances of resuming the peace process.
The Presidential Council condemned the airstrike and announced three days national mourning.
It added in a statement that Sunday’s incident came amidst a series of attacks which targeted the two civilian airports of Mitiga and Miserata, government buildings, schools, hospitals and residential areas, and urged the international community to intervene and stop the mayhem.
In the meantime, it was also reported that a drone strike had targeted for the first time an air base in the western region where three soldiers were killed and six others wounded.
The reported attack has not been independently verified.
The base belongs to the Libyan National Army and they blamed forces backing the Accord Government for the attack.
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