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Clashes break out in downtown Libya's Tripoli

Xinhua, March 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Heavy clashes broke out on Monday in the Libyan capital Tripoli between armed militias, witnesses said.

The clashes erupted in Bab Benghashir area in downtown Tripoli, near the headquarters of Tripoli's outgoing general national congress.

Tripoli is controlled by the so-called Libya Dawn militia, a coalition of armed groups that seized the capital in 2014 and revived the expired parliament, creating the current political division in the country.

Media reports said the clashes were between a local militia that attacked a bank in the area and the other militia securing the parliament's headquarter.

The clashes lasted for almost two hours while heavy gun firing could be heard. No reports were made about possible casualties.

On Saturday, similar clashes broke out in the same area, causing damages to nearby vehicles and houses. Endit