Libyan Navy Ship Hit During Fighting in Benghazi Port, Smoke Rising

November 3, 2014

A Libyan navy ship docked at Benghazi port was hit during heavy fighting on Monday between the army and Islamist fighters in Libya's second-largest city, residents said.

A Reuters reporter could see smoke rising from the port area, to which the army had earlier moved heavy guns to attack positions of Islamist fighters.

A security source said the ship was sinking but this could not immediately be confirmed.

(Reporting by Feras Bosalum and Ayman al-Warfalli; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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