TRIPOLI – At least 28 people were killed in an attack on a military academy in the Libyan capital on Saturday, the health minister said.
Tripoli, which is under the control of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), is facing an offensive by military commander Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) that began in April.
GNA Health Minister Hamid bin Omar told Reuters that the number of dead and wounded was still rising.
Forces allied with the GNA described Saturday’s attack on the military camp at Al-Hadhba as “an aerial bombing” launched by their eastern rivals. An LNA spokesman denied involvement.
An increase in air strikes and shelling in and around Tripoli has caused the deaths of at least 11 civilians since early December and shut down health facilities and schools, the United Nations mission in Libya said on Friday.(Reuters)
