Tripoli clashes (mid-October 2011)

Second Tripoli clashes
Part of Libyan Civil War
Date14 October 2011
Location
Tripoli, Libya
Result Pro-Gaddafi victory
Belligerents

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Gaddafi Loyalists

  • Local Insurgents
Strength
Unknown 20–80[1][2]
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 60 wounded[3] 2 killed, 10–15 captured[4]

Clashes broke out in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on 14 October 2011 when a group of Gaddafi loyalists rose up against the National Transitional Council, leading to a firefight in the city's Abu Salim district as well as smaller clashes elsewhere in the city.

  1. ^ "Libya: Tripoli on maximum alert after clashes". Actualite Afrique. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference busweek was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Pro-Al Qathafi Loyalists Warned After Tripoli Flare-up". The Tripoli Post. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Tripoli gun battle leads to casualties". Al Jazeera English. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.