At least 27 people have been killed and 106 wounded in clashes between rival armed factions in Libya.
According to Libya’s Emergency Medicine and Support Centre, about 230 families were evacuated from the area where the clashes occurred, mainly in the eastern and south-eastern neighbourhoods of Tripoli.
The authority did not specify how many civilians were among the killed.
ADP reported that the clashes erupted on a Monday night between the 444th Brigade, backed by the Interior Ministry in Tripoli, and the rival Deterrence Force after the latter arrested the 444th Brigade’s chief commander Mahmoud Hamzah.
According to sources in the Libyan capital, calm prevailed on Wednesday after Hamza was reportedly handed over to a neutral party.
Flights to and from nearby Mitiga airport were suspended on Tuesday amid the violence, and classes at the University of Tripoli were suspended, although, they are to resume again on Saturday according to the university authorities.
