Gunfight, car blast rock Tripoli as Libyan "youts" compete for space

OK, I am putting that down as a Ramadan event.

TRIPOLI (AFP) — A gunbattle between youths allegedly competing for space in a market and a car explosion rocked the centre of the Libyan capital on Saturday, wounding one person, residents and security sources said.

"There was a fight between youths over market space," Mohammed, a young resident of Al-Rashid neighbourhood near Martyr's Square, told AFP.

"They were shooting at each other," he said, adding that explosives of the kind used in fishing were also thrown in the clash that happened at around dawn.

An explosion in a car -- apparently caused by similar explosives -- rocked the same area.

"The car, a Honda Civic, blew up to pieces," said a guard stationed at a military police base just metres (yards) from the site of the blast.

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