Clashes kill 2 in Libya's Benghazi


Tripoli, Apr 23 (IANS): An army captain and a civilian have been killed in clashes between the army and security personnel of the Interior Ministry in Libya's Benghazi.

Both sides are loyal to the authorities, a military source said.

The clashes that lasted for several hours had erupted over some criminal cases, informed source told Xinhua news agency late on Sunday.

They lasted for hours and a captain of the battalion and a civilian was killed.

The North African country has suffered unrest in the past seven years after its former leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled by an uprising in 2011.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Clashes kill 2 in Libya's Benghazi



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.