Senior Libyan officer Tarek Zeribet, who is responsible for the Turkish weapon shipment investigation, survived a Sunday assassination attempt east of Khoms city.
The case goes back to Dec. 18, when the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced seizing Turkish weapons and ammunition believed to be related to the ongoing assassinations and violence in Tripoli.
On the same day, the Customs Authority announced that a large amount of weapons and ammunition smuggled from Turkey were seized by customs employees at Khoms port.
The LNA issued a statement on the incident, saying it followed with “great concern” the national authorities’ seizure of two arm shipments coming from Turkey.
The LNA’s General Command said this was not the first shipment that has allegedly been sent from Turkey. Previously, the army found Turkish weapons during the liberation of Benghazi from the Islamic State group around July 2017, in addition to tons of Turkish explosives seized by Greece in January.
The LNA stressed in its statement the involvement of Turkey and other countries in supporting terrorists in Libya against the national army.
The General Command called on the international community, the United Nations and its mission in Libya to condemn Turkey and to open an immediate investigation into terrorist crimes committed by Turkey in violation to the Security Council resolutions no. 1973 for 2011 and no. 1373 on the financing of terrorist organizations.
