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Heavy fighting resumed on 19 April with the Libyan army pushing into Gwarsha from Huwari. By late afternoon, a local commander was claiming that nearly all of the district had been taken. Some Libyan militants surrendered. Casualty figures over the past 48 hours vary with the highest death tollbeing 42 fighters including a BRSC commander and 30 soldiers. A Libya Alakhbarphotojournalist also died in Gwarsha in circumstances that have not yet been explained. Fatalities divided between locations. |
