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As a result of falling of a rocket on the beach, located in Tripoli, five people died and 25 were injured. This is with reference to the Ministry of health Libya, reports France 24. The incident occurred on 4 July.
Among the victims is a child.
A source in the interior Ministry reported that on 4 July near Mitiga airport, which is located near the beach, there was fighting between security forces and by some criminal groups. Was the attack on civilians is intentional, he did not elaborate.
After the overthrow and murder of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 the country began a civil war and actually there is no single authority. Part of the territory seized by radical Islamists, until recently Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte was controlled by the banned terrorist group “Islamic state”.
Until February 2016 in Libya, there were two governments: democratically elected and recognized by the international community in Tobruk and the Islamist — in Tripoli. 17 December 2015 when the UN mediation, the parties signed an agreement on the establishment of a government of national unity. Its composition was announced on 15 February 2016.