Libyan plane explosion " Afriqiyah Airways A330 " 2014

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• published: 21 Jul 2014
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The Health Ministry said the Libyan More than 47 people were killed in a week of fighting in the Tripoli International Airport. The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday evening that the Libyan clashes department since July 13 between rival militias for control of the airport in Tripoli have left more than 47 dead and 120 injured. A spokesman for the ministry told AFP that the toll does not include victims who were killed in clashes Sunday, which is considered the most virulent since the outbreak of fighting, and also includes cases that have been evacuated to field hospitals were not documented in hospital records. According to a local official, the battles that took place Sunday caused the deaths of five civilians at least. An official in airport security and witnesses told "AFP that" fierce fighting with heavy weapons took place Sunday between rival armed groups clashing week ago to take control of Tripoli's international airport. The official said the airport security Gilani Aldahish "The airport suffered on Sunday morning for a mortar attack, missiles and artillery tanks," stressing that "the deadliest attack" since the beginning of the clashes, and explained that the plane to the runway in Libya burn. The picture and video show put on social networking plane belonging to the airline, while the Libyan burning smoke cloud rising above the airport. He Aldahish The Zintan Brigades rebels fighting an attack by a group of city Misrata competition and other Islamist groups in the west of Tripoli. He could not clarify whether the victims fell. Residents said the area close to the airport that the battles "very violent" spin, explaining that they saw tanks involved in the fighting. The battles took place Friday between armed groups around the airport a few hours after the announcement of a cease-fire between the warring militias since the week for control of the airport. The Tripoli airport has been closed since Sunday after an attack by Islamic militias to expel al-Zintan rebels who control it since 2011, with other locations both military and civilian in the south of the Libyan capital. Since the outbreak of violence Sunday dozens of shells fell on the airport and damaged installations and more than a dozen planes to Libya.