Libya clashes toll hits 55 dead - medical agency


Members of the Security personnel affiliated with the Ministry of Interior secure the streets after yesterday's clashes between armed factions in Tripoli, Libya, August 16, 2023 REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

TRIPOLI (Reuters) -The casualty toll from clashes in Libya's capital Tripoli over Monday and Tuesday was 55 killed and 146 wounded, the emergency services said.

City elders announced late on Tuesday that they had brokered a deal to end Tripoli's deadliest violence in years with the Special Deterrence Force handing 444 Brigade commander Mahmoud Hamza over to a third faction, the Stability Support Apparatus.

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