(ANSAmed) - TUNIS, AUGUST 14 - Forces deployed in the
so-called 'Volcano of Rage' military operation of Tripoli's
national-unity government have arrested five soldiers loyal to
Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar on a boat east of
Sabratha, according to the operation's Facebook page, which
quoted Colonel Tawfik al Sekir. The men arrested include two
high-ranking officers, it said. Al Sekir said that "at dawn on
Tuesday five raiders of the militias of war criminal Haftar,
including a colonel, a captain and three other officers, were
detained aboard a boat east of Sabratha".
According to broadcaster Libya al-Ahrar TV, which quoted a
statement of the protection guard and police of the naval base
of Tripoli, the "operation took place off the coast of Zaouia
when a vessel of the Volcano of Rage operation stopped a
suspicious boat and arrested all those onboard". Those arrested
were handed over to police of Tripoli's naval base. (ANSAmed)
