Child among 13 killed in renewed militia clashes in Tripoli

Libyan army forces and vehicles are stationed in a street in the country’s capital of Tripoli. One of Libya’s rival governments on Friday called on militias to stop fighting, after clashes broke out in the country’s capital, Tripoli overnight, killing at least one civilian and forcing around 200 people to flee the area.(Yousef Murad/AP/PA)

Clashes between competing militias in Libya’s capital have killed at least 13 people – including a 12-year-old child – despite calls for calm, a spokesman for Tripoli’s emergency services said.

It was the latest escalation to threaten the relative peace after nearly a decade of civil war in Libya, where two rival sets of authorities are locked in a political stalemate.