At least 30 killed in Libya military academy attack


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  • Sunday, 05 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: A fighter loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed government (GNA) looks at a room burned during clashes with troops loyal to Khalifa Haftar in Wadi Rabiya neighbourhood at outskirts of Tripoli, Libya May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Tripoli (Reuters) - At least 30 people were killed and 33 others wounded in an attack on a military academy in the Libyan capital late on Saturday, the health ministry of the Tripoli-based government said in a statement on Sunday.

Tripoli, controlled by the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), is facing an offensive by military commander Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) that began in April.

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