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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.