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Libyan Coast Guard kills human smugglers off western coast
[Libya Observer] Four human smugglers were killed in an exchange of fire with Libyan navy off the western shores on Thursday, a navy official has declared.

Spokesman of the Libyan Navy, Brigadier-General Ayoub Qasim, said Coast Guard patrol boats clashed with heavily armed gunnies escorting an illegal immigrants colonists’ boat after they refused to obey orders to stop.

"The gunnies opened heavy fire at Coast Guard patrols and we had to respond to their fire," he said, adding that two smugglers were tossed in the clink
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
 and another is still missing.

Qasim also declared that a foreign journalist accompanying Coast Guard patrols was injured in the exchange of fire.

Human smuggling has become a flourishing business in Libya due to the political and security chaos ongoing in the country

Last month, 15 illegal immigrants colonists were brutally killed by human smugglers after disagreement over payment.


Posted by: Fred 2017-04-07
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