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| Tensions calm in Germa as ethnic clashes erupt in Sebha |
| 2014-06-17 |
| [Libya Herald] Ethnic violence in the southern town of Germa was eventually contained yesterday evening as ethnic festivities broke out in Sebha, killing two and injuring nine others. "Elders and army units managed to broker a ceasefire between the Tuareg fighters and Arabs," head of the Obari joint-security room, Adam Saydi told the Libya Herald. The festivities erupted in Gerrma on Friday when the imam of an Arab-community mosque allegedly called on his listeners to force out Tuaregs from a compound where they had recently taken up residence. "We've received one corpse and five maimed from the Germa festivities," Murzuk hospital spokesperson Mohammed Whamer said. It is also reported that eight dead and seven maimed arrived at Obari hospital and another three maimed were transported to Al-Rageeba hospital. "Things have calmed in Germa. With the blockaded roads re-opened, we are expecting a number of elders and wise men to arrive from nearby towns to broker a more lasting peace agreement," explained Saydi. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... even as tensions began to calm in the Obari area, armed festivities between Arabs, Tuaregs and Tebu erupted in Sebha in the Burday district yesterday evening. "The fights sparked in the Burday district between the district's resident Tebu and members of the Awlad Suleiman tribe," Tebu elder Bazinka Molimi told this paper. "Two dead and nine injured were taken to the hospital last night, including a woman maimed in the festivities," Sebha Medical Centre officer Abdullah Owheda confirmed. |
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