By Jamal Adel.
Tripoli, 2 April 2014:
Fire destroyed the offices of the acting Tawergha Local Council at the Falah Road . . .[restrict]camp in Tripoli on Monday in what the council leader Abdurrahman Shikshak says was a deliberate attack.
“It is not possible to say that the fire was a mere coincidence,” Shikshack told the Libya Herald. “The fire was deliberate. Bullets were heard around in the area, then the fire started,” he said.
“It destroyed all the office documents and burnt the only clinic equipment in the camp,” he added.
The women’s association office and two cars were also destroyed.
It is not the first fire at the Falah camp, home to some 350 families. In January, 18 units housing 53 people burnt down, although that was believed to be the result of an electrical fault.
The official authorities have responded to Monday’s fire, said Shikshak. “The Social Affairs Ministry and a representative from the Interior Ministtry came and officially documented the incident.”
He added: “We are in urgent need for basics, food and medical supplies. The Social Affairs Ministry is doing its best. But it is insufficient, I’m afraid.” [/restrict]
