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UN Mission in Libya Urges Restraint as Benghazi Clashes Kill 31
[BLOOMBERG] Clashes between the Libya Shield brigade and protesters in Benghazi on June 8 left 31 dead and at least 120 maimed, the state-run LANA news agency reported, more than doubling an earlier fatality count.The violence erupted  after demonstrators demanding that the power of militias be curbed reached the gates of the brigade, LANA said. The news agency had earlier reported that 11 people had been killed and 38 injured in the fighting in Benghazi, the city where U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed in an attack last year.Libyan Army Chief of Staff Youssef Mangoush resigned yesterday during a closed-door session of the General National Congress, LANA reported. Mangoush's action was accepted by parliament, the agency said. The Libya Shield abandoned its base following Saturday's violence, according to Libyan television station Al Asima. Adel Tarhuni, a front man for Libya Shield, told the station that one of his soldiers was killed and four others were maimed by protesters who were armed and hurled stones. "We had to defend ourselves," he said. The Libya Shield and other militias formed by rebels who fought dictator Muammar Qadaffy ... who had more funny outfits than Louis XIV... in the country's 2011 civil war remained intact after he was toppled and killed. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-10 |
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