Tripoli clashes (mid-October 2011)

Second Tripoli clashes
	Part of Libyan Civil War
Date	14 October 2011
Location	Tripoli, Libya
Result	Anti-Gaddafi victory Loyalist uprising contained;
Belligerents
Anti-Gaddafi forces National Liberation Army;	Gaddafi Loyalists Local Insurgents;
Strength
Unknown	20–80
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 60 wounded	2 killed, 10–15 captured

Clashes broke out in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on 14 October 2011 when a group of Gaddafi loyalists rose up against the National Transitional Council, leading to a firefight in the city's Abu Salim district as well as smaller clashes elsewhere in the city.

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