A/HRC/17/44 155. 165. Borders and crossing points were identified as a particular site of indiscriminate shelling, including firing from the Libyan-Tunisian border towards the AlDehiba crossing point. Medical staff from Zintan reported the killing of four shepherds by members of the Sahab Katiba. The doctor reported that most of the seriously injured coming to the clinic where he worked in Zintan, suffered wounds from heavy weaponry such as anti-aircraft weapons, tank shells, Katyusha and Grad missile. 156. Misrata: The Commission received a number of accounts of indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Misrata. The exact number of civilian casualties is unconfirmed. In a statement on 11 April, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa stated that the Fund had verified at least 20 deaths and many more injuries due to shrapnel from mortars and tanks and bullet wounds. A senior medical doctor and an administrator of the city‟s main hospital was quoted in the media as stating that as of 18 April, about 1,000 people had been killed and 3,000 injured, with some 80 per cent of the deaths being civilian.121 Following an inter-agency assessment mission to Misrata on 21 and 22 May, the World Health Organization stated that “although medical records were very much affected during the conflict, figures collected suggest that an average of 70 people were injured and 12 killed everyday”.122 In many of the cases, while the Commission was able to establish that many civilians (including children) have been killed or injured, the Commission was not able to determine the full circumstances of the attacks in order to be able to evaluate whether the attacks were intentional, indiscriminate and/or disproportionate. There were numerous cases of shells hitting houses causing fires and persons being killed when shots entered their cars. Many persons from Misrata reported that they had suffered injuries at check points as a result of rounds launched by Government forces. Reports were also received of snipers taking aim and shooting at any and all persons who left their homes near the Bu Minyar building, which was one of the three tall buildings utilized by snipers supporting the efforts of Government forces in Misrata. (b) Attacks on cultural objects and places of worship 157. In Libya, mosques are not just places of worship for Muslims, who constitute the overwhelming majority of the population, they also have become, by default, the only gathering place of the population that is not under full control of the authorities. During the demonstration period, there were occasions in which authorities fired on persons as they came out of the mosque, after Friday prayers or after religious ceremonies for those who had died during the crisis. The Commission received credible reports, supported by photographs, that mosques were damaged by shelling during attacks by Government forces on inhabited areas. More investigation would be required to determine if the attacks were intentional or incidental. Witnesses from the Nafusa Mountain told the Commission that mosques were intentionally targeted, with particular reference made to Takut Mosque, AlBaruni Mosque in Yafran, Zintan Mosque, Kikla Mosque and Kut Mosque between March and April 2011. Human Rights Watch stated that Government attacks hit four mosques in Zintan as of 21 April, namely, the Al-Khalil, Ali Hdibah, Al-Aswad and Rahmah Mosques, as well as a Ghasro Mosque in Takut. Amnesty International reported that on 17 April rocket and mortar attacks in Misrata were ongoing and there was extensive damage to Omar Abdel Aziz al-Senusi Mosque.123 The Commission did not receive any information suggesting the use of mosques for military purposes. Human Rights Watch, in their report 121 122 123 44 Mail and Guardian Online, 18 April 2011. World Health Organization, “Boosting humanitarian health support inside Libya”, May 2011. Available from www.who.int/hac/crises/lby/highlights_may2011/en/. Amnesty International, Libya: Misratah - under siege and under fire (London, 2011), p. 15, available from http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE19/019/2011/en.