Libya: Mounting risks for Benghazi residents amid reckless shelling

Headline Title: Libya: Mounting risks for Benghazi residents amid reckless shelling 17 June 2014 Libyan armed forces and armed groups, including militias, must immediately stop the reckless shelling of residential areas, endangering the lives of Benghazi residents, Amnesty International said following a renewed round of heavy fighting in the eastern city. At least five residents, including a boy aged 11, were killed when forces affiliated with retired General Khalifa Haftar clashed with Ansar al-Sharia and other Islamist groups. Three foreign workers were also injured. In…

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