This toll was confirmed by a source at Ghariane Hospital contacted by AFP, who reported four deaths and 10 injuries.
Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, killed during a popular revolt in 2011, Libya has been undermined by fratricidal violence and division.
TRIPOLI: Four people were killed and several others injured during clashes between armed groups on Sunday in Ghariane, in north-west Libya, according to corroborating sources contacted on site.
“Fighting broke out suddenly in the early hours (Sunday) between armed groups in the city, leaving four dead and several injured,” a security source told AFP.
According to this source, fighting continues “but intermittently” in different sectors, forcing the authorities to “close access to the city” to “protect the lives of passers-by and travelers.”
This toll was confirmed by a source at Ghariane Hospital contacted by AFP, who reported four deaths and 10 injured.
Unauthenticated videos shared on social networks and reported by local media show dozens of armed men in the streets of Ghariane, a town in Jabal Nefoussa located about a hundred kilometers southwest of Tripoli, as well as several armored vehicles set on fire.
Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, killed during a popular revolt in 2011, Libya has been undermined by fratricidal violence and division, with a multitude of armed groups with shifting allegiances.
The country is governed by two rival executives: one in Tripoli (west), led by Abdelhamid Dbeibah and recognized by the UN, and the other in the east, embodied by Parliament and affiliated with Marshal Haftar’s camp, whose stronghold is in Benghazi.
The Dbeibah government, supposed to control the town of Ghariane, did not initially react to these events on Sunday.
