Libya on Wednesday announced a four-day complete lockdown in the capital Tripoli amid rising number of coronavirus cases, Anadolu reports.

The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj has announced forming an operations room for security and stability of Tripoli and other cities in coordination with different security and military apparatuses.

The Libyan Interior Ministry denied in a statement that any of its personnel had opened fire on protesters in Tripoli on Sunday, when one man was reported injured.

The Interior Ministry aligned to the internationally recognized Libyan government in Tripoli has acknowledged the shooting by pro-government forces against unarmed civilian demonstrators in Tripoli yesterday.

Four civilians have been killed in a new landmine explosion, the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) said on Monday.

Hundreds of Libyans marched in the capital Tripoli on Sunday evening to protest deteriorating living conditions and denounce corruption in the war-torn country, witnesses said.

The Libyan Human Rights Solidarity organization has called on the Government of National Accord (GNA) to explain its stance on the horrendous abuses and violations at the Tripoli-based Mitiga prison.

The Tripoli-based House of Representatives (HoR) announced on Tuesday a new comprehensive political initiative, aimed at resolving the Libyan crisis, ending the transitional phase, and implementing parliamentary and presidential elections on a constitutional basis.

The Director of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Badr Al-Din Al-Najjar, warned that the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the capital, Tripoli and the city of Misrata, is on the increase.

The Head of the Libyan High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri said Libya and Turkey had forged a clear agreement to repel the attacks of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militias.