{"id":14808,"date":"2019-03-18T14:31:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T06:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=14808"},"modified":"2019-03-18T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T06:31:54","slug":"clashes-erupt-between-security-forces-gunmen-at-checkpoint-in-libyan-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=14808","title":{"rendered":"Clashes erupt between security forces, gunmen at checkpoint in Libyan capital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TRIPOLI, March 18 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; Clashes erupted on Sunday between security forces and gunmen in the Libyan capital Tripoli, said the Public Security Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 20 military four-wheel-drive vehicles entered Tripoli at 1:30 a.m. local time (2330 GMT Saturday), the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gunmen refused to stop at a checkpoint before clashing with the checkpoint&#8217;s personnel, the statement explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No details were provided about the casualties or losses of the clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard in the area during the clashes, witnesses said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Libya has been plagued by escalating violence and chaos since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi&#8217;s regime in 2011. &#8212; NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRIPOLI, March 18 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; Clashes erupted on Sunday between security forces and gunmen in the Libyan capital Tripoli, said the Public Security Department. A total of 20 military four-wheel-drive vehicles entered Tripoli at 1:30 a.m. local time (2330 GMT Saturday), the department said in a statement. The gunmen refused to stop at a checkpoint [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14808"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}