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| Libyan Coast Guard kills human smugglers off western coast |
| 2017-04-07 |
| [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 im "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 im |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Probably not this time: a foreign journalist accompanying Coast Guard patrols was injured in the exchange of fire |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-04-07 11:21 |
| #1 Did their competition pay more? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-07 09:54 |