Photo taken on Feb. 5, 2020 shows the garden of a resident's house hit by shelling in Tripoli, Libya. Indiscriminate shelling on Tuesday killed one person and injured five others in Tripoli, a local official said Wednesday. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)
TRIPOLI, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indiscriminate shelling on Tuesday killed one person and injured five others in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a local official said Wednesday.
"Indiscriminate shelling hit Salah Addin district in Tripoli later last night, killing a person and injuring 5 others, all of whom are civilians," Amid Hashmi, information adviser of the Ministry of Heath, told Xinhua.
"A total of six shells targeted the area," the adviser said.
The UN-backed government's forces accused the rival eastern-based army of the shelling, to which the eastern-based army has not responded yet.
The eastern-based army has been leading a military campaign since April 2019 in and around Tripoli, attempting to take over the city and topple the UN-backed government.
The fighting killed and injured thousands of people, and forced more than 150,000 civilians to flee away from their homes.
Both rival parties agreed to cease-fire on Jan. 12, but each party accused the other of beaching the truce.
