Filipino worker hit by shrapnel in Tripoli mortar attack 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Roy MabasaA Filipino national working for an oil and gas service provider outside Tripoli was reportedly wounded when a mortar round fell and exploded in their compound near the Tripoli International Airport. According to the Philippine Embassy in Libya, the Filipino national only sustained a shrapnel wound in his right foot, while a Sudanese co-worker was killed in the explosion. The report quoted Bari Macalawi, a member of the augmentation team from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), as the one who received the information about the wounded Filipino national. Macalawi, however, did not mention the name of the wounded OFW (overseas Filipino worker) in his report.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 24, 2019 09:11 UTC