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38 members of the Ferjani tribe were killed by IS militants who shelled Sirtes residential district No. 3. It is said to be the only area in the town not under IS control. Among the dead in the mass IS offensive were two children and four elderly people, all killed as a result of shelling. The others were Ferjani fighters. They are said to include the leader of the local Jaat Brigade, Marbouk Al Farjani. Clashes broke out after IS threatened residents that did not pledge allegiance. As a result, a group of local ultraconservative Salafist Muslim clerics clashed with IS fighters. |
