Dozens dead in clash with Libyan militiamen in Tripoli

By way of Ulf Laessing and Hani Amara TRIPOLI (Reuters) – At the least 32 folks were killed and virtually 400 wounded in gun battles between Libyan militiamen and armed residents in Tripoli on Friday in the worst boulevard fighting for months to check the shaky vital executive. Top Minister Ali Zeidan is struggling to regulate rival militias, Islamist militants and different former opponents who refuse to surrender their arms two years after serving to to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed rise up. After Friday's violence, Zeidan demanded that every one militias "without exception" depart Tripoli, but the clashes underscored how little his fledging militia can do to curb ex-rebels, who have additionally shut down Libya's oil exports for months. Friday's bloodshed, the worst in Tripoli for a lot of months, commenced when militiamen from town of Misrata fired at about 500 protesters worrying their eviction from the capital after they had fought opponents for regulate of metropolis districts.