The clashes began late on Friday and continued on Saturday.

“We received eight cases yesterday, including one dead who was shot in the head and chest, one critical with a head wound and six others lightly injured,” said Ibrahim Karim, a doctor at the main hospital in Gharyan, 80 km (50 miles) south of Tripoli.

On Saturday, a Reuters correspondent at the hospital said he saw an additional seven people with gunshot wounds enter the hospital. He said he could hear gunfire nearby.