Reply #12: Alex Crawford, SkyNews, Zawiyah: "It was mayhem...appalling injuries...'shoot-to-kill' policy"

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From The Guardian's News Blog:

5.17pm:

In her dramatic report, Alex Crawford described how the she and her crew were trapped in Zawiyah as the Libyan army loyal to Gaddafi moved in to crush the rebels. In her accompanying web report, Crawford writes:

We saw ambulances being driven at high speed to pick up the first casualties and they too were fired on. It was mayhem at the Zawiyah teaching hospital, as dozens of people were stretchered in by friends, colleagues and strangers. The injuries were appalling.

She quotes a doctor at the hospital who said there was a "shoot-to-kill" policy.

5.13pm: This is Matt Wells taking over from Haroon. Sky News is broadcasting a much-anticipated special report on Zawiyah. Sky is one of the few media organisations to have had a correspondent in the disputed city, Alex Crawford.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/mar/08/libya-uprising-gaddafi-live#block-4