The security authorities received reports of unexploded shells and missiles in some areas, especially Al-Zawiya Street, Al-Jumhuriya Street and Qasr Bin Ghashir area, which are the most sites that witnessed clashes.
Immediately, a team of experts from the Office of Dismantling Explosives and IEDs of the Technical Affairs Department of the Criminal Investigation Agency moved to the designated places and combed them, while continuing to receive reports from the residents.
What the team found revealed that the clashes were not easy, but rather took place in an atmosphere of war. An unexploded missile was found next to a house on the Al-Sour Road, and unexploded shells of various calibers were found in several places in Bab Ben Ghashir and Al-Zawiya Street Hospital, and these areas were cleared.
The Criminal Investigation Agency called on residents, in the event of finding any foreign objects and remnants of war, the necessity of contacting the competent authorities.
“Sky News Arabia” has contacted people in the Qasr Bin Ghashir area, and according to the testimony of Fathi Al-Riyani, the team has been working since the morning, and removed dozens of shells and remnants of missiles, pointing out that this area has been experiencing such battles since 2011 because of its proximity to Tripoli airport, which the militias are fighting. From time to time to control it.
What if you find shells?
Military expert Muhammad Abu al-Roos advises anyone who finds remnants of battles, including mines, shells, ammunition, and others, to avoid first touching or approaching them, stop walking, and immediately contact the competent authorities.
As a matter of precaution, Abu Al-Rous continues to “Sky News Arabia”, so it is more correct not to enter the places where clashes are known until the security teams complete their combing.
There are warning signs that guide the person to the extent of the danger of the place where he witnessed battles, such as the presence of burning buildings and the presence of signs of fire on buildings and the spread of detonating wires, in addition to the need for residents to know the local warning signs.
A state of cautious calm prevails in Tripoli after the worst round of fighting in two years, killing 32 people and wounding 159 others.
Clashes erupted on Friday night, Saturday, between militias, each of which seeks to impose its influence on a larger area of the city.
Half a million hidden mines
Since 2011, Libya has been suffering from a large spread of remnants of war such as explosives and mines as a result of the battles it witnessed between the Libyan army and armed groups before the killing of leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the bombing of NATO, and then the battles that took place between the Libyan National Army and militias in 2014, 2019 and 2020, or the repeated battles between Militias are battling for influence.
What is more dangerous than the spread of remnants is the lack of knowledge of the locations of some of them. According to unofficial estimates in Libya, since 2011, more than half a million landmines have been planted without planning, and without maps showing their locations.
UNICEF has warned that half a million people are at risk in Libya as a result of the remnants of the war, including 63,000 displaced people, 123,000 returnees to the areas from which they were displaced, 145,000 residents and 175,000 immigrants.
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