Mawlawi says no security incidents can affect elections

Interior Minister Bassam al-Mawlawi on Thursday reassured that “no security incidents” can affect the upcoming parliamentary elections, days after two people were killed and three others were wounded in an armed clash between two families in Tripoli.

“The motives behind the Tripoli incidents were familial and no security incidents can affect the elections,” Mawlawi announced after an emergency meeting for the Central Security Council.

“The Internal Security Forces and the army will organize joint patrols to control security in Tripoli and reassure residents,” the Minister added.

According to an army statement, two people were killed and three others injured in a clash between the Issa and al-Ali families in Tripoli’s Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood.