Benghazi, 2 July:
The security forces on the Libyan-Egyptian border crossing at Musaid have abandoned their posts in protest at what they . . .[restrict]say are the dangerous conditions they are exposed to. They say that they are regularly being shot at by smugglers involved in human trafficking.
The security forces had earlier threatened to withdraw from the border crossing if the government did not respond to their demands to providing them with better equipment and the means protect themselves when confronting smugglers.
In March, local brigadesmen who were manning the crossing closed abandoned the border altogether in protest at the aggressive behaviour of smugglers, of both goods and humans.
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