TRIPOLI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) issued a report saying that conflict-related civilian casualty figure in May is the highest so far in 2017, local media reported Sunday.
"Victims included 13 men killed and 20 injured, 5 children killed and 4 injured, and 5 women injured," the report said, according to the online news source Libya Observer.
The report, released on Saturday, also stressed that car bombs, gunfire, and airstrikes are main causes of civilian causalities.
Libya has been suffering escalating violence and chaos since the 2011 uprising that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime. The country is plagued with insecurity and political division.
The UN mission warned parties of the conflict against directly targeting civilians. The mission also warned against the use of mortars and other indirect weapons and imprecise aerial bombardments on civilian-populated areas.
The mission also said that execution of captives is "a war crime, regardless of what the captive may be accused of."
