Gunmen attack NCB in Tripoli, killed policeman

The Libyan capital Tripoli witnessed, on Tuesday, severe tension following the killing of a policeman and the kidnapping of three other members of rapid intervention forces of the illegal government of reconciliation.

The leadership of the militias headed by Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, said in a statement that armed elements follow the so-called "Tira" from the city of Misurata, attacked the National Commercial Bank (NCB), by three cars,  pointing out that the militias during the attack fired at the bank using light weapons, which led to the death of one of the elements and the abduction of three others.

The militia said in statement: "We were surprised early Tuesday an illegal group shooting indiscriminately on the NCB, which led to the death of policeman Nasr el-Din Aoun Khalifa and wounding three other members, as a result of indiscriminate firing and kidnapping of three members of the guard."

The statement added that the outlawed group also indiscriminately fired at a police patrol of the Najda police station at the traffic light on the airport road, causing damage to the vehicle, pointing out that the firefighters fled towards the airport road.

The statement added that the outlawed group also indiscriminately fired at a police patrol of the Najda police station at the traffic light on the airport road, causing damage to the vehicle, pointing out that the firefighters fled towards the airport road.

The militia leadership said that "all the security services inside Tripoli will continue to protect citizens, public and private institutions."
 
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"This operation is a response to those who think of approaching or breaking into the administrative borders of the city of Derna, stressing that the Council still maintains all its points in the axis," said Mohammad al-Mansouri, media official at the Shura Council of Mujahideen of Darnah.

Clashes broke out with heavy and medium weapons in the axis of Wadi Bouhodak in the area of Dhahr al-Hamr, south of the city of Derna, resulted in the deaths of five people from Karama Operation.

The head of the presidential council of the national reconciliation government, Fayez Al-Sarraj, arrived, Tuesday, to Queen Alia International Airport in the Jordanian capital Amman to participate in the 28th Arab summit to be held on Wednesday. The President of the Presidential Council received an official reception, where King Abdullah II of Jordan was at the forefront of his future at the airport.

In Brussels, the European Court of Justice on Tuesday published on its website a decision to lift the travel ban on Aisha Gaddafi, the daughter of Muammar Gaddafi. The court said the European Council had made it clear that the travel ban was due to Gaddafi's involvement in violent acts against civilians.