1 Dead, 2 Hurt in Tripoli Clash over Food Rations

One person was killed and two people were wounded in a clash Tuesday in the northern city of Tripoli.

The National News Agency said the clash, in Tripoli’s al-Khnaq area, erupted between a number of young men over “the distribution of food rations in the area.”

Army troops and Internal Security Forces members later arrived on the scene of the clash, which involved gunfire, and investigations got underway, NNA added.