By Houda Mzioudet.
Tripoli, 17 November 2013:
Despite a statement from the Ministry of Education yesterday that schools across the country would be . . .[restrict]open today, all were closed in Tripoli as the city began a three-day strike in protest at the massacre at Gharghour on Friday.
The strike, in tandem with three days of mourning, was called by Tripoli Local Council (TLC).
Other than the schools, the industrial action was patchy. All government offices were closed citywide and in much of the centre, most businesses were also shut apart from health facilities, bakeries, pharmacies and petrol stations. A few grocery shops opened but traffic was at a minimum this morning. However, in the suburbs, certainly by late afternoon, businesses were opening. In Janzour, in western Tripoli, only schools closed during the day.
A statement from the council was released yesterday in which Sadat Elbadri, the council leader, urged local residents and revolutionaries to exercise “more self control and not be carried away by unpremeditated reactions [to the massacre]”.
Elsewhere in the country, although there were declarations of solidarity with Tripoli, schools and business were open as usual. [/restrict]
