By Jaime Ortega.
Tripoli’s international airport is for the second consecutive night, the scene of fighting between militia groups who have bombed the facility, causing nearly a dozen deaths in the last hours.
At least two Army soldiers have been killed tonight, victim of the bombings that have also caused damage to the airfield and in 90% of aircraft located there, as confirmed by Ahmed Lamine, Libyan government spokesman. The situation is extremely worrying and the Executive is even raises “the possibility of bringing the country to strengthen international security forces.”
As a result of increased violence and tension at the airport in recent days, authorities have closed traffic and suspended all flights.
The victims this morning include seven people who were also killed on the eve, and 36 injured in the crossfire between militants from the town of Zintan, who control facilities, and Islamic fundamentalists.
Libya is on the brink of tension, since the fall of the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in a tense security situation that the transitional authorities have failed to solve and has been deteriorating in recent months to lead to a deep crisis. The result of this situation, the UN has withdrawn its staff in the country in a “temporary” and announced through their website that they will return “as soon as the security situation permits”
