By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.
Tripoli, 24 October 2013:
A car bomb was found and defused outside Tripoli West power station in Janzour yesterday morning.
It . . .[restrict]was discovered following an incident at a nearby bridge over the coast road, when a patrol of the National Mobile Force came under fire from a vehicle thought to be involved in an attempt to block the road with burning tyres.
Two members of the force were wounded, one of whom was shot in the chest and had to be transferred to Tunisia for treatment.
The National Mobile Force is a new body under the joint control of the Ministries of Defence and Interior.
While combing the area afterwards, the force discovered an abandoned white Chevrolet with no number plates next to the power station perimeter wall. Inside were the explosives and gas cylinders. Had it exploded, members of the force told the Libya Herald, it could have done substantial damage. They said that power station fuel tanks were close by on the other side of the wall.
It is reported that the force is still on high alert and are combing the area to try to locate the assailants and clues as to who was behind the car bomb. [/restrict]
