Tripoli clashes (mid-October 2011)

Second Tripoli clashes
Part of First Libyan Civil War
Date14 October 2011
Location
Tripoli, Libya
Result Pro-Gaddafi victory
Belligerents

Anti-Gaddafi forces

Gaddafi Loyalists

  • Local Insurgents
Strength
Unknown 20–80
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 60 wounded 2 killed, 10–15 captured

Clashes broke out in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on 14 October 2011 when a group of Gaddafi loyalists rose up against the National Transitional Council, leading to a firefight in the city's Abu Salim district as well as smaller clashes elsewhere in the city.

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