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1 killed, 2 injured after pro-Haftar forces attack Libyan military

by DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES

ISTANBUL Dec 14, 2021 - 4:08 pm GMT+3
Libyan military forces clash with forces led by putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar, south of the capital Tripoli, Libya, May 21, 2019. (AP File Photo)
Libyan military forces clash with forces led by putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar, south of the capital Tripoli, Libya, May 21, 2019. (AP File Photo)
by DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Dec 14, 2021 4:08 pm

At least one person died, two others were injured after forces loyal to the putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar attacked the Libyan military forces in the southern city of Sebha, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported Tuesday.

The clashes come a week before the war-torn North African country is due to hold a presidential election that observers fear could trigger a return to violence after a yearlong cease-fire.

"A militia armed with heavy weaponry and armored vehicles ... stole 11 four-wheel vehicles from Sebha in an armed robbery," Sebha's police force said.

They identified the attackers as members of a group commanded by Mabruk Sahban and affiliated to Haftar, a candidate in the Dec. 24 polls and whose forces have committed crimes against civilians in the country.

The stolen vehicles had been sent to Sebha by the interior ministry in Tripoli to help secure the election, the police statement said.

Sahban's forces had attacked a police convoy and forced officers to drive the vehicles to Brak al-Shati Airbase, south of Sebha, it added.

Sebha security forces and pro-Haftar gunmen later clashed in central Sabha, local media reported.

An online video footage shows nighttime clashes with small arms at the city center.

The Sebha police department said the attack was aimed to destabilize the country's southern provinces.

Haftar had waged a yearlong assault on Tripoli in 2019, leaving thousands dead, before reaching a formal cease-fire with his western opponents in October last year.

Accused by critics of wanting to establish a military dictatorship, he was backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Russia and France, while Turkey provided military aid to the then-internationally supported Tripoli administration called the Government of National Accord (GNA).

A cease-fire formally signed in October 2020 paved the way for a United Nations-led political process to bring in an interim unity government tasked to lead Libya until the elections.

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