Islamists killed at least 19 soldiers on Friday after a surprise attack in which they used speedboats in a failed bid to seize some of libya’s main oil terminals, officials said.
The militiamen belonging to the Fajr libya launched the attack on the port of Al-Sidra by firing rockets from speedboats, setting an oil tank on fire, security sources said. Soldiers damaged three of the vessels before clashes in which at least 19 were killed. “These speedboats had fired rockets at the terminals of Ras lanuf and Al-Sidra and one of them hit a tank south of Al-Sidra port which caught fire,” said Ali al-Hassi, security spokesman for the region.