adminTUNIS. — Up to 6 000 people a day have fled Libya into neighbouring Tunisia this week, the Tunisian foreign minister said on Wednesday, the biggest influx since Libya’s 2011 civil war in a sign of the spiralling turmoil as rival militias battle over control of the airport in the capital Tripoli.
The weeks-long fighting is the worst violence seen in the Libyan capital since the war. Nearly 100 people have been killed, 400 others wounded, and much of the airport has been destroyed.
A giant fire has been raging the past three days after shelling hit airport oil depots, forcing nearby residents to evacuate, with fire-fighters largely unable to put it down because of clashes. – AP.
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