Presidency Council Blames UN Mission for Death of Children in Arial Shelling in Al Fernaj.

Tripoli, 15 October 2019(Lana) The Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord has blamed the UN Support Mission in Libya UNSMIL for the air raid which targeted children in the Tripoli neighbourhood of Al Fernaj on Monday, Calling for protection for civilians in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions. The Council demanded, in a statement, humanitarian and jurist organisations to document crimes which violate the International Humanitarian Law and the Human Rights Law, and to bring the perpetrators to justice. The Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord condemned in the strongest terms the aerial bombardment which targeted a home in the neighbourhood of Al Fernaj in Tripoli on Monday, killing and wounding a number of people including women and children. 'This criminal act by the war criminal adds to a series of repeated assaults on airports and public and private property, which terrorised civilians and violated international laws and conventions, the statement said. 'The absence of a firm and a repelling position on part of the international community towards the war criminal and his aggressor militias has encouraged them to continue their aggression and commit crimes against civilians, it added. =Lana=