Libya: Rebels attack vehicles carrying amount, $ 54 million robbery

A small truck carrying money to the central bank of Libya rebels were attacked on 28/10 in the city of Sirte. The total foreign currency and local currency equivalent to U.S. $ 54 million was stolen, local authorities said.


Accordingly, there are 10 men blocked the vehicle while it is on the road from the airport into the city of Sirte . The amount of the previously transferred by plane from the capital Tripoli .
" Robberies both rocked Libya ," Mohammed Abdel - Fattah , head of the city council confirmed Sirte . Libya is still facing numerous legal status since the civil war in 2011 .
Libyan Government has always had difficulty in controlling a country full of armed elements , gangs and Islamist groups . Information from the media on 28/10 showed only a vehicle escort duty for trucks on the money .
The security personnel " could not resist the 10 attackers ," said Lana media .
A total of about 53 million Libyan dinars along with $ 12 million , euros were stolen .
In July last , the two banks have been robbed in Sirte attack . The guys then took 500,000 dinars .
Sirte was the last bastion supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi conflict makes military colonel lost function . However, since then, this place is quite calm before the wave of violence began in Libya .