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Thirty-two members of Misratan-led Al-Bunyan Al-Marous operation set up by the Presidency Council against Islamic State militants were killed in a series of clashes on 18 May and 50 injured. All the casualties were on the coastal road to Sirte, at the new front line near Al-Wishka (25 kilometres east of Abu Grain). Of the thirty-two killed, seven members of Al-Bunyan Al-Marous were killed in a suicide car attack at Al Buayrat Hassan. Five IS fighters were killed. 30 fatalities recorded in Al-Wishka, 7 in Al Buayrat. |