The Misrata Security Directorate has arrested two men for throwing a grenade at an electricity distribution station in the state.
The incident occurred in the Al-Shahdah area, near the College of Nursing in Misrata. The Directorate members and the Emergency Department managed to arrest the perpetrators, who confessed to the crime.
The Misrata Security Directorate stated that it has taken legal action, and referred the culprits to the competent authorities.
Few months ago, Libya’s Minister of Planning, Mohamed Al-Zaydani said it was “necessary to have a Board of Directors for electricity, until the end of the current investigation period.” This comes amid Prime Minister Abdel-Hamid Dbaiba’s decision to dismiss the state electricity provider, GECOL’s Board of Directors.
Al-Zaydani said that the electricity crisis in Libya is raging, adding that since 2013, an estimated 11 billion and 862 million dinars was spent on the development of the power sector.
He explained that the Tobruk power station was also covered by about 500 MW, costing 500 million dinars. “We have ongoing projects worth about one billion that are related to production, transmission, control and distribution, and we have about 977 million dinars.”
Several cities in Libya witnessed serious protests, calling for the downfall of all government bodies and institutions, as well as the departure of mercenaries. They expressed their rejection of the poor living situation, political divisions, and the lack of services.
The Libyan parliament has also called for an urgent investigation into the continuing power outages and load shedding.
