Eight soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack on a training camp belonging to the Libyan National Army (LNA) forces of Khalifa Haftar in the southern city of Sabha, the head of the local municipality said.

 

The media center of the LNA’s 73rd infantry brigade said in a statement on its Facebook page that the army forces were able to repel the attack. They added that the attackers began randomly shooting, and were approaching the airport.

 

The assailants were not identified.