A drone strike hit a power substation in the western Libyan city of Zawiya on Wednesday, knocking the facility out of service. The state-run General Electricity Company said the substation, which links power plants to homes and businesses, was completely burned down.
Attacks on Energy Infrastructure
The city of Zawiya, with a population of about 250,000, has been rattled by a series of drone strikes targeting oil and power infrastructure. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The power company said the attack resulted in outages across the southern parts of the city.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah denounced the attacks on energy and power installations as a serious crime and an escalation that will not go unanswered. The attacks come as tensions are rising between the government of western Libya and warlord Mohamed Bahroun, who controls the city of Zawiya.
The violence has disrupted the country’s energy infrastructure, with a fuel-laden tank at Zawiya’s refinery hit by a drone strike on Monday, and the city’s power plant attacked by two drones on Tuesday. The U.S. company General Electric has withdrawn its teams from the facility due to security concerns.
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