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Tripoli's worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media reported Wednesday, as a truce took hold.   Fighting erupted on Monday night and raged through Tuesday between the influential 444 Brigade and the Al-Radaa, or Special Deterrence Force, two of the myriad of militias that have vied for power since the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime ruler Moammar al-Gaddafi.

A fresh outbreak of violence in the Libyan capital raises fears about what the increasingly powerful paramilitaries operating there want, and whether they will cause further fighting.

Gun battles between two leading armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded 106, medics said Wednesday, as a tentative truce took hold

At least 55 people were killed and 146 others injured when clashes broke out between two powerful armed factions in the southern Libyan capital of Tripoli.

Fighting between rival groups began on Monday night in Tripoli, and ended after the release of a commander on Tuesday.

Clashes between rival militias in Libya's capital Tripoli has killed at least 27 people and left residents trapped in their homes, emergency medics said.

Worst armed clashes in a year leave 55 dead and 146 wounded as battle erupts between rival militias in Libya's capital

The death toll rose Wednesday to 45, up from the 27 dead reported Tuesday, as more casualties were confirmed, said Malek Merset, the spokesperson for Libya's Emergency Medicine and Support Center. An additional 146 were injured, up from 106 on Tuesday. It remains unclear how many of the dead were militiamen or civilians.

Tripoli: Gunfighting between the two leading armed groups in Tripoli killed two people and forced the closure of theLibyan capital s only civilian air...

Libyan security forces patrolled the streets and fanned out across Tripoli on Wednesday, a day after clashes between rival militias killed at least 27 people in the country's capital.