US troops opened fire on Libyan villagers in an operation to
rescue 2 jet fighter crew after their warplane crashed.
Channel 4 News reported at least 6 villagers were shot when US
Marines came to extract the pilots. The Telegraph website
also reported 6 locals "have been shot by a US helicopter during
the rescue".
Reporter Lindsey Hilsum, at the scene of the crash, said the US
helicopter came in and opened fire on Monday night, at the
villagers.
A military policeman, Omar Sayd, told the reporter: "If they had
given us a chance we would have handed over both pilots."
In Benghazi, Hilsum interviewed one of the injured villagers,
who was in a hospital bed. Local people had been giving a "party"
for the crew when they were fired on.