Four people were killed and several wounded when armed groups clashed on Sunday in the western Libyan city of Gharyan, several sources said. “Fighting broke out suddenly in the early hours between armed groups in the city, resulting in four deaths and several injuries,” a security source in the city some 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Tripoli told AFP. Unverified videos shared on social media and picked up by local media outlets showed dozens of armed men roaming the streets of Gharyan as well as several burnt-out armored vehicles. Libya has seen more than a decade of stop-start conflict since the NATO-backed revolt that toppled longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011. The Tripoli-based government did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment about the clashes.

Source: Libya Today October 29, 2023 19:50 UTC