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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Tripoli, October 5 (Xinhua) — At least three Libyans were killed in a boat explosion on Sunday evening off the coast of Zawiya, approximately 60 kilometers west of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the Libyan newspaper Al-Marsad reported.
The publication notes that there are other victims in the incident, whose identities have not yet been established. The cause and exact time of the explosion have not been specified.
At the moment, there have been no official statements on this matter.
Libya has remained a major transit point for migrants attempting to reach Europe since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi. Amid political division and instability, smuggling networks have flourished in the country, while migrants are subjected to brutal conditions in detention camps and become victims of numerous shipwrecks and fires in the Mediterranean.
The country remains divided between the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) and an administration in the east backed by the Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar.
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