Libyan defence minister's plane fired upon in Kufra

Libyan defence minster Osama Al-Juweli Confirming the earlier story which was published on the Arabstoday website, the head of the military council in the city of Kufra, Soliman Hamid confirmed that the Libyan defence minster’s plane was definitely fired upon.  He added that rebels in the city tried to shoot the plane carrying Osama al-Juwali as it was taking off from Kufra airport, in southern Libya (about 1200 km from Tripoli).
Hamid expressed dissatisfaction about the act that committed by a group of angry youths, according to his description, stressing that it was a normal reaction for their rejection to his visit to the city.
Earlier the sources pointed out that the commander of the Libya Shield battalion, Wissam Ben Hamed was asleep in his car during the minister's arrival, which indicates that he did not know of the news of his arrival. Al-Juweli had arrived in the city Tuesday evening and soon went to the operating room headquarters.
The sources added there was a violation of the truce involving snipers from the rebelling Toubou tribe immediately after the arrival of the defence minister, which resulted in an attack on a Libya Shield battalion media bus located near Kufra's security directorate and is the base of Ahmad Al-Sharif's snipers.
In a phone call with the "Solidarity News Agency" on Tuesday, the official spokesperson for the ministry of defence, Ali Al-Sheikhi, denied the news of the minister's visit to Kufra.
Around 70 percent of Kufra City currently suffers from water and power outages, as well as daily interruptions to facilities such as fuel stations, bakeries and schools within the city because of the lack of secutiry.