The Libyan Air Ambulance flight with three injured Libyans on board landed on Thursday at the Italian military airport of Pisa, announced the Italian Foreign Ministry. All three are victims of the deadly fuel tanker explosion in the southern Libyan town of Bent Bayya, which took place earlier this month. With a new MedEvac mission promoted by the @DPCgov, three severely wounded in the explosion in Bent Behya #Libya have been transferred today from Benghazi 🇱🇾 to receive urgent medical treatment. pic.twitter.com/z5u6dmYCa7 — Italy in Libya (@ItalyinLibya) August 18, 2022The patients arrived to Italy from Benghazi, and will be “transferred and assisted by the health services of the Piedmont, Liguria and Veneto regions,” the Italian ministry said. On August 6, Italy had taken in four other Libyan patients who have been wounded in the same incident, including an 11-year-old boy with second and third degree burns.

Source: Libya Today August 18, 2022 20:23 UTC