Eight Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi clashes
Iran Press TV
Fri May 2, 2014 2:20PM GMT
At least eight Libyan soldiers have been killed and 15 other people wounded during clashes between security forces and armed militiamen in the eastern city of Benghazi, reports say.
The violence started after an unidentified militia group attacked libyan government's security headquarters in Benghazi on Friday, Libya's privately-owned al-Nabaa television quoted security officials as saying.
The incidence marks the latest in a series of violent clashes between security forces and militia groups in Libya since the uprising against the late Libyan ruler, Muammar Gaddafi, in 2011.
On April 29, several people were wounded after gunmen raided the Libyan parliament in the capital Tripoli and forced MPs to abandon a vote on the country's next prime minister.
Armed militiamen have launched several attacks against lawmakers to make political or financial demands.
On March 17, ten soldiers were killed in a series of car bomb explosions that rocked a military base in Benghazi.
A month earlier, twelve children were injured in an explosion inside a school in Benghazi after a man reportedly threw a grenade from a car.
Nearly three years after the fall of Gaddafi, the country is still grappling with rising insecurity as former rebels refuse to lay down arms despite efforts by the central government to impose law and order.
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