Fighting at the Libyan capital’s only working international airport killed nine people Monday Jan 15,2018, officials said, after militiamen attacked it in an attempt to free colleagues held at a jail there.
Although Mitiga airport was evacuated when the clashes erupted, it was not yet known whether the casualties were all fighters or included civilians.Mitiga, a former airbase in eastern Tripoli, has been a civilian airport since the city’s main international airport was badly damaged in fighting between rival militias in mid-2014.
Libya has been wracked by chaos since the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi with rival authorities and militias battling for control of its oil riches.
Monday Jan 15,2018’s clashes forced the closure of the airport after a militia in charge of security there said it had been attacked.
“Flights have been suspended because of fighting that broke out this morning,” the Facebook page of Mitiga International Airport said.
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