Casualties of Armed Clashes in Libya January – March 2019

During the reporting period, a total of 682 casualties, including dead, wounded and prisoners, were reported as a result of armed clashes in various areas and cities of Libya. 72% of the victims were combatants, 493 casualties, while the civilian casualties were 189, including 7 children.

337 persons were killed (49% of the total), and 218 persons were injured (32%), while the rest, 127 persons were abducted or captured by the warring parties.

February was the most violent with 380 casualties, accounting for 56% of all casualties of the First Quarter of 2019. 41% of February’s casualties were killed, 154 casualties, caused mainly by the serious escalation of armed confrontations in the city of Derna.

Geographically, incidents were spread across the various regions of Libya; Derna reported about 29% of the total number of casualties of armed clashes, 195 casualties, among them 107 civilians including 2 children, due to armed clashes between forces loyal to Haftar and the Derna Protection Force; followed by Ubari with 164 casualties (26% of all casualties), caused by the armed clashes in the region between forces loyal to Haftar and the forces of GNA’s Southern Military Area.

Most of the casualties, 660 persons, 97% of the total for the First Quarter of 2019, were documented in only 7 cities, while the rest, 22 casualties (3%) were reported in 6 other cities and towns.

 

Human Rights Solidarity

Tripoli – Libya

 

 

Disclaimer: The report is from monitoring of casualties of armed confrontations in Libya during the First Quarter of 2019, using reports of official institutions and media institutions as sources of the data. The report includes only confirmed incidents by comparing several sources.