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Sunday, 28 July 2013
Residents living next to
the prison stormed the facility because they didn't want a prison in
their neighborhood, said Ali Zaidan, prime minister of Libya's
transitional government.
Authorities rushed to the scene, but were instructed "not to draw arms against citizens," Zaidan said.
So the al-Kwyfah residents were able to open the floodgates for the prisoners.
Zaidan said the country's
border posts have lists of the escaped prisoners. He also ordered the
closure of Libya's border with Egypt, to the east.
"Nobody will be allowed to cross, but we will allow the goods only to enter in the month of Ramadan," Zaidan said.
Hujazi, the city's
security spokesman, said the security apparatus in Benghazi "suffers
from the lack of manpower and equipment."
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