Pro-Gaddafi Forces Shoot at Medical Team in Misratah, Wounding Medics, Says Amnesty International

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Pro-Gaddafi Forces Shoot at Medical Team in Misratah, Wounding Medics, Says Amnesty International

Organization Condems Deliberate Attack on Medical Workers, Saying it Shows Pro-Gaddafi Forces will Use “Indiscriminate” Lethal Force

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(Washington) – A medical team in Libya has told Amnesty International that it came under deliberate attack – and two medics were wounded – from pro-Gaddafi security forces Thursday, while carrying out their medical duties.

Two medics from the Libyan Red Crescent trying to retrieve a body near the town of Misratah were shot and injured in an attack from a nearby military installation belonging to the Hamza Phalange, a military force loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi.

"This was a deliberate attack on medical professionals, who were wearing full medical uniform and arrived in two clearly marked Red Crescent ambulances," said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa director


more:http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20110304001&lang=e