TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A shelling of Tripoli airport has destroyed 90 percent of the planes parked there, government spokesman Ahmed Lamine said on Tuesday.
'The government has studied the possibility to bring international forces to enhance security,' he told reporters.
It was not immediately clear how many planes were destroyed, but the airport serves as the main hub for several Libyan carriers.
(Reporting by Hani Amara, Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Ken Wills)
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Entities 0 Name: TRIPOLI Count: 2 1 Name: Hani Amara Count: 1 2 Name: Libyan Count: 1 3 Name: Reuters Count: 1 4 Name: Ulf Laessing Count: 1 5 Name: Ken Wills Count: 1 6 Name: Firstpost Count: 1 7 Name: Ahmed Lamine Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/W5ysM0 Title: Militia shells Tripoli airport, U.N. pulls staff out of Libya Description: Credit: Reuters/ Hani Amara 1 of 2. Smoke rises near buildings after heavy fighting between rival militias broke out near the airport in Tripoli July 13, 2014. At least 15 people have been killed in clashes in Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi since Sunday, and a Libyan official said several Grad rockets hit the Tripoli International Airport on Monday, damaging the control tower.
