Conflict rocks Tripoli, the capital of Libya

 


During battles between two armed factions supporting the U.N.-backed unity government, gunshots were reported in the capital of Libya.

The skirmishes, which started on Sunday night and expanded to numerous Tripoli neighbourhoods, resulted in a number of locals in Tripoli suffering minor injuries.

After a 444 Brigade member was taken into custody, combat broke out between members of the Al-Raada Force and the 444 Brigade, two militias that support the Tripoli-based government of temporary prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.

Videos of the violence shared online by social media users were shown on Libyan television and in internet media.

The Tripoli Rescue Service said on its Facebook page that an elderly man "was injured in the arm by shrapnel as he fled his home in Ain Zara by car," denouncing the destruction of ambulances during the gunfights.

Armoured vehicles and fighters were observed deploying on Sunday in the central Ras Hassan residential neighbourhood and Jrabra Street, a popular commercial sector in the capital's east.

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