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The Deputy Prime Minister and acting Interior Minister, Sadiq Abdulkarim Abdulrahman, escaped an assassination attempt today in Tripoli.

Speaking at last Tuesday’s press conference on Libya’s current political impasse, Zeidan, admitted that the GNC is coerced by the threat of force into passing, or not passing, certain laws.

Revealing some of the internal divisions that exist between the government, the GNC and the Chief of Staff, and that are contributing to the ineffectiveness of the new Libyan state and the current political paralyses, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan admitted during Tuesday’s press conference that the Chief of Staff was refusing to take orders from him or send troops to the recent hotspot of Sebh

Following Tuesday’s storming of Congress by armed protesters demanding the removal of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, demonstrators camped outside the GNC building yesterday claiming they would start a second revolution if he was not dismissed by Sunday.

Gunmen in a vehicle fired some 20 light rounds at the GNC chamber this afternoon, shattering some windows, as members were discussing a vote of no-confidence in prime minister Ali Zeidan.