Navy Forces Announce Seizing of 3 Tunisian Trawlers Tripoli, 17 November 2016(Lana) A spokesman for the Libyan Navy Col.
Pulbished on:
Ayub Gassem said a navy patrol in the western sector at Al Zawiya
Refinery point has seized 3 Tunisian fishing trawlers, as they
engaged in fishing activity in the Libyan territorial waters.
The patrol ordered the trawlers, via radio to stop, but they ignored
the orders and tried to escape, which prompted the patrol to fire
warning shots and to seek the violating trawlers. Three trawlers were
finally seized at the Al Zawiya Refinery, Gassem told the Libyan news
agency.
Gassem said one fisherman was hurt in his hand as a result of the
engagement in which one of the patrol men was injured, after being
attacked by one of the fishermen. The case was reffered to the
prosecution for investigation.
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