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Post by sevenofnine on May 24, 2015 10:51:31 GMT -5
Breaking right now
Warplanes from Libya's UN-recognised government have attacked an oil tanker off the coast near the city of Sirte, wounding at least two people, officials said.
"Our jets warned an unflagged ship off Sirte city, but it ignored the warning," Saqer al-Joroushi, the head of Libya's air force, told the Reuters news agency on Sunday.
"We gave it a chance to evaluate the situation, then our fighting jets attacked the ship because it was unloading fighters and weapons," he added.
"The ship now is on fire. We are in war and we do not accept any security breaches, whether by land, air or sea," Jourushi added.
An oil industry official said the ship was actually a tanker which had been carrying 25,000 tonnes of gasoil. He named the tanker as Anwar Afriqya.
Rida Essa, commander of coastal guards in central Libya, said the tanker had been unloading gasoil for Sirte's power plant when it came under attack. The ship was still on fire, he said.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/libya-warplanes-bomb-ship-city-sirte-150524142926489.html
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