By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.
Tripoli, 15 September 2013:
Three people are reported to have been killed and several injured in clashes in Sebha between two army battalions in the town representing rival tribes.
The clashes started on Saturday evening between a local Libya Shield unit and members of the Baha-Uddin battalion. The fighting is reported to be over control of Sebha Fort. However, there is strong tribal element to the conflict, with one battalion representing the region’s Awlad Sulaiman tribe and the other the Hasawna tribe.
One of the dead, from the Hasawna has been named as Ahmed Izedeen Ayfa.
Rivalry between the two tribes runs deep. Two months ago, a members of the Hasawna, Ibrahim Al-Hasnawi was murdered while in Sebha jail. Reports at the time said that he was killed by members of the Abu-Zahra family of the Awlad Sulaiman tribe who were let into the prison by fellow tribesmen working there.
The Awlad Sulaiman have been involved in fighting against other groups – notably the Qadhadhfa tribe and the Tebus.
libya herald
Tripoli, 15 September 2013:
Three people are reported to have been killed and several injured in clashes in Sebha between two army battalions in the town representing rival tribes.
The clashes started on Saturday evening between a local Libya Shield unit and members of the Baha-Uddin battalion. The fighting is reported to be over control of Sebha Fort. However, there is strong tribal element to the conflict, with one battalion representing the region’s Awlad Sulaiman tribe and the other the Hasawna tribe.
One of the dead, from the Hasawna has been named as Ahmed Izedeen Ayfa.
Rivalry between the two tribes runs deep. Two months ago, a members of the Hasawna, Ibrahim Al-Hasnawi was murdered while in Sebha jail. Reports at the time said that he was killed by members of the Abu-Zahra family of the Awlad Sulaiman tribe who were let into the prison by fellow tribesmen working there.
The Awlad Sulaiman have been involved in fighting against other groups – notably the Qadhadhfa tribe and the Tebus.
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