Libya armed groups agree to leave Tripoli after deadly fighting: Minister
Al Jazeera
Libya’s Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi says the groups will leave capital after 10 people were killed over the weekend.
Armed groups in Tripoli have agreed to leave the Libyan capital and to be replaced with regular forces, the country’s interior minister said, after a spate of deadly clashes.
“After a month of consultations, we came to an agreement with the security groups that they will leave the capital soon,” said Imad Trabelsi, a member of Libya’s internationally recognised government, on Wednesday.
“There will only be city police officers, emergency police, and those who do criminal investigations,” he told a news conference.
The deal will see the General Security Force, the Special Deterrence Force which controls the east of Tripoli, Brigade 444 in southern Tripoli, and Brigade 111, attached to the general staff, quit the capital.
The decision also concerns the Stability Support Authority (SSA), a group based in the neighbourhood of Abu Salim, where 10 people were killed at the weekend, including SSA members.
