TRIPOLI, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Some 26 people has been killed and 170 others injured since the beginning of the clashes in Libya's western city Sabratha late Friday, the Ministry of Health said.
Many of the injured people were transferred to private clinics in the cities of Aljailat, Zintan, Tripoli, Misratah, Sorman and Zwara, said the ministry in a press release.
Those who couldn't be treated inside Libya have been transferred to hospitals abroad, the ministry added.
Sabratha, located some 70 km west of the capital Tripoli, has been witnessing violent clashes since Sept. 10 between rival armed groups.
The clashes broke out after a member of armed groups affiliated with the city's military council was killed by the rival anti-IS operation chamber.
Since the 2011 uprising that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime, the North African country is plagued with escalating violence and unrest.
