TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Clashes broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli late on Monday, residents said, after the reported seizure of a powerful armed faction commander by a rival force. We fear for our safety," said one of the residents in Furnaj district. Any sustained fighting between the two factions, the most powerful in the capital after a period of military consolidation, could pose significant risks. Monday's clashes are already the worst to hit Tripoli for months, though there has been sporadic violence between armed factions in some other parts of northwest Libya in recent weeks. A Reuters journalist in the Ain Zara district, near where the clashes were taking place, said armed men had closed a major road in the area.
