By Ajdnadin Mustafa.
Tripoli, 20 September 2016:
A month after it was reopened, the coast road heading west from Tripoli has again been closed, this time by forces from Janzur and Zawia.
The main brigade in the Tripoli suburb of Janzur, the Fursan Janzur, closed it yesterday at Bridge 17, to the west of the district while Zawia’s Kilani Brigade closed it near the container checkpoint outside the town. Both did so in protest at a series of robberies and abductions at the Camp 27 checkpoint which they blame of Wirshefana militiamen.
The Camp 27 checkpoint is manned by Wirshefana forces.
Yesterday saw the latest abduction at Checkpoint 27.
Las month, in what was hailed as a triumph for local reconciliation efforts, the Wirshefana, Zawia and Janzur ageee to reopen the cars road.
