Garabulli Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/garabulli/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 21 Jun 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Garabulli Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/garabulli/ 32 32 Mystery explosion kills 29 near Tripoli https://jjcornish.com/2016/06/mystery-explosion-kills-29-near-tripoli/ Tue, 21 Jun 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/06/mystery-explosion-kills-29-near-tripoli/ A weapons depot’s exploded following clashes between militia and residents near the Libyan capital, killing at least 29 people. The fighting started when armed  residents and forces from Misrata stormed the arsenal being held by the militia. ends intro It is not known exactly what caused the explosion in Garabulli. Speculation is the militia inside […]

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]]> A weapons depot’s exploded following clashes between militia and residents near the Libyan capital, killing at least 29 people.

The fighting started when armed  residents and forces from Misrata stormed the arsenal being held by the militia.

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It is not known exactly what caused the explosion in Garabulli.

Speculation is the militia inside realised they were trapped and took a suicide option.

Tripoli has only lately fallen under control of the internationally supported interim government.

In addition to the 29 people killed,  dozens were wounded in the explosion.

Further along the coastline, which has been completely blocked by military action, 34 members of pro-government forces have died  in the fight against the Islamic State group besieging the center of their stronghold of Sirte – birthplace of former dictator Muammar Gadaffi.

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