Hungarian journalist wounded in fighting in Libyan capital
Hungary’s foreign ministry says a Hungarian
journalist has been wounded in clashes between rival armed groups in the Libyan
capital, Tripoli.
Tamas Merczel, a ministry spokesman, said on Tuesday
that photojournalist Gergely Szabo was hurt in a bombing in Tripoli on Saturday
and was taken to a nearby hospital.
Libya’s Foreign Ministry says Szabo, who works for
RTL television, was wounded in an airstrike by the self-styled Libyan National
Army on Tripoli’s southern Salah al-Deen area.
A spokesman for the forces didn’t answer calls
seeking comment.
The self-styled army launched an offensive on
Tripoli in April, clashing with militias allied with the U.N.-supported but
weak government in the city.
The battles have stalled over the past weeks, with
both sides dug in and shelling one another along Tripoli’s southern reaches.
