The libyan capital remained tense on Monday, a day after forces loyal to a renegade general stormed the Parliament and said they suspended the house, challenging the legitimacy of the country’s weak central Government, three years after the overthrow of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
libya’s leadership condemned Sunday’s brazen attack in which two people reportedly died and more than 50 were wounded, and vowed to carry on.
The attack saw militia members backed by truck-mounted anti-aircraft guns, mortars and rocket fire raid the parliament building in the heart of Tripoli, sending lawmakers fleeing for their lives as gunmen ransacked the legislature.
Hours later, a commander in the military police in libya read a statement announcing the suspension of Parliament on behalf of a group led by Gen Khalifa Hifter, a one-time rebel commander who said the US had backed his efforts to topple Gadhafi in the 1990s.