El-Keeb Brands As Outlaws Gunmen Who Attacked His Office

El-Keeb Brands As Outlaws Gunmen Who Attacked His Office 09/05/2012 17:01:00

Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keeb has branded gunmen who attacked his office in the country's capital, Tripoli, in Tuesday, as "outlaws". In aan address on state television, Mr el-Keeb said tat he men had "pretended" to be rebel fighters in order to claim cash handouts offered as reward for helping to topple former dictator Muammar Gaddafi One security guard was killed when about 200 armed men, some carrying mortars, tried to storm the building on Tuesday. They were eventually repelled by security forces. Mr el-Keeb said that the building of the council of ministers came under attack by “outlawed gunmen pretending to be revolutionaries, but they are not." He went on to say: "These outlaws claimed that their attack was for getting some cash allocated as rewards for the real revolutionaries. As the government asserts that it will deliver on its promises, it also announces that it will not give in to blackmail or to outlaws and will not negotiate under the threat of force." Three other security guards and one of the gunmen were also injured in the battle, Tripoli security official Khaled Besher said, adding that fourteen of the attackers had been arrested .