Fighting at the Libyan capital’s only working international airport killed at least 20 people, and injured 69, officials said, after militiamen attacked it in an attempt to free colleagues held at a jail there.

Mitiga airport, a former military air base on the eastern outskirts of the capital, was evacuated when the clashes erupted and roads to the facility were closed.

Several assailants were arrested, according to Tripoli security services run by the interior ministry. Xinhua