Three people were killed and two wounded in armed clashes between two armed groups in Tripoli, an official said on Friday.
Fighting took place in the Ain Zara region late on Thursday night between an armed group loyal to the Presidential Council’s and the Special Deterrence Force, also known as RADA.
Osama Ali, a spokesman for Libya’s Ambulance and Emergency Services, said casualty figures could rise as reports come in from other hospitals in the area.
Reuters reported clashes also took place in the central district near the Radisson Blu hotel, an area where several government and international agencies and diplomatic missions are based, as well as military vehicles mobilized around Zawiyat Dahmani.
No motive for the fighting was immediately apparent, but it is the latest wave of an on-and-off violence to rock the capital as rival militias, each with their own political affiliations, compete for power.