With Children Caught in Crossfire, UNICEF Urges Immediate Halt to Libyan Fighting

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–11 April 2011 – Tens of thousands of children in the Libyan city of Misrata are at risk from intensified fighting between pro- and anti-Government forces and indiscriminate shelling, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warning today, urging an immediate halt to the violence.

The agency said in a news releasethat it has verified that children as young as nine months have been killed in the city, with at least 20…