The United States says it has “serious concern” about the emergence of a security force claiming to be the “Libyan National Guard” in the city of Tripoli. State Department spokesman Mark Toner says “numerous tactical vehicles” from the organization have entered Tripoli.
Category: Tripoli, Libya
Plane hijacking in Malta ends peacefully; 2 men surrender
After hours of tense negotiations, two Libyans who hijacked a plane from Libya to Malta and threatened to blow it up surrendered peacefully Friday, allowing 118 passengers and crew to leave the plane before walking out themselves with the last of the crew. The hijacked Airbus A320 flight, operated by Afriqiyah Airways, was traveling from the Libyan oasis city of Sabha to Tripoli when it was diverted to Malta midmorning on Friday.