Denmark’s Defense Ministry has announced it will begin a public review after evidence emerged showing its forces took part in airstrikes in Libya that killed 14 civilians in 2011.
This is the first time that any of the ten countries involved in the NATO operation in Libya has acknowledged a possible link to unlawful attacks that have resulted in civilian casualties.
However, this recognition was not made public at the time, preventing relatives of Libyans killed from seeking compensation or redress, because the country behind the targeting was not identified.
NATO attacks involving Danish fighter jets on June 20, 2011, on Surman, about 40 miles west of Tripoli, killed 12 civilians, including 5 children and 6 members of the same family.