Shelling in Libya's Tripoli kills 2, injures 8
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TRIPOLI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and eight others were injured late Tuesday in heavy shelling of unknown source in the Libyan capital Tripoli amid violent clashes between the east-based army and the UN-backed government, local official has said.
"The number of victims of the indiscriminate shelling on Abusalim (southern Tripoli) is two dead and eight injured," Osama Ali, spokesman of the Heath Ministry's Emergency Department, told Xinhua.
Other areas in the city were also hit by the shelling, yet the casualties have not been confirmed, Ali added.
The army and the government exchanged accusations with regard to the shelling.
The east-based army, led by Khalifa Haftar, has been leading a military campaign since early April to take over western Libya, particularly Tripoli where the UN-backed government is based.
The clashes between the two sides so far killed and injured hundreds of people, and forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes.
Libya has been struggling to make a democratic transition amid insecurity and chaos ever since the fall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011. Enditem
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