Last night in Tripoli there were fighting between two powerful Western militias who support the two rival Libyan premieres. The clashes, also conducted with heavy weapons, terrified the population, causing at least one death and the wounding of four civilians.
“Clashes (…) between armed groups, which have endangered the lives of civilians” and the “mobilization of armed groups, together with heavy weapons, from the neighboring areas” to the capital are denounced by a statement from the Support Mission of the United Nations in Libya, UNSMIL, synthesizing media information circulated in the night and declaring itself “deeply concerned about these developments”.
A source from the Libyan Interior Ministry quoted by the AFP agency reports a death among the militiamen. In the clashes “four civilians were injured”, according to medical sources quoted in a tweet from the Libya Observer.
The text specifies that the fighting “broke out between the Nawasi brigade”, which supports the prime minister elected by the parliament, Fathi Bashagha, “and the Stability Support Force” which instead sided with the prime minister based in Tripoli under the aegis of the UN. , Abdel Hamid Dbeibah.
The clashes, “which broke out on Friday evening”, “caused panic among the population”, reports the site The Libya Update relaunching media information according to which the fighting ended only “after the intervention” of the “444th Brigade”.
Source: Ansa
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