Security forces clash with smugglers near the Egyptian border

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.

Tripoli, 28 April 2014:

Tobruk security forces have clashed with armed smugglers near the border with Egypt.

The smugglers opened fire on the security personnel, who were undertaking a routine border patrol. They returned fire and apparently hit and injured some of the criminals.

The smugglers managed to flee the scene and escaped across the border into Egypt.