(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) An armed group stormed the parliament building on Sunday, with gun shots heard within the premises, luckily the the session was adjourned and MPs had already left the building, local news agency reported.
According to the Libyan Arab News Agency (LANA), all roads leading to the parliament building, in the capital Tripoli, were cut off by the unknown group. No casualties were reported as of yet.
Libya has been struggling with chaos as its government, parliament and armed forces are unable to impose authority over brigades of former rebels and militias who helped oust Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 but now defy the state.
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