Amnesty urges end to ‘reckless shelling’ in Libya

Published June 17, 2014 12:44pm ET



TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — An international rights group has urged the forces of a renegade general and those of rival Islamic extremist militias to stop “reckless shelling” in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi.

In a statement Tuesday, Amnesty International said that the shelling by forces allied to Gen. Khalifa Hifter and militias like the Ansar al-Shariah extremist group has killed and injured dozens and forced hundreds to flee.

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