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| Deaths as rival militias clash in Libya |
| 2012-03-27 |
| Clashes between rival militias in southern Libya have killed 20 people, a doctor at a regional hospital said, highlighting the challenge the government faces in imposing its authority months after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Al Jazeera reported. A local doctor, Ibrahim Misbah, said on Monday that 20 fighters died of gunshot wounds and more than 40 people were wounded. Local council member Ahmed Abdelkadir said clashes first broke out on Sunday between former rebel fighters from Sabha, Libya's fourth largest city, and gunmen from the Tibu tribe after a Sabha man was killed in a dispute over a car. He said the militias opened fire at each other on the outskirts of Sabha. "The numbers are from the Sabha side only. The Tibu wounded are being taken to a different hospital," Misbah said by phone. Sabha fighter Oweidat al-Hifnawi said the fighting centered around the airport road and that at one point Tibu fighters controlled the entrance of the airport. "The airport is now under our control but it is not functioning at the moment," Hifnawi said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Who could see it coming? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-03-27 04:40 |