TRIPOLI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A senior Libyan government official said on Saturday that all the government buildings in the capital Tripoli are safe and have not been stormed.
"The media reports about a number of government offices in Tripoli, including the (government's) presidential council headquarters, being stormed Friday night, is completely untrue," the official told Xinhua.
"Some media linked (the report) to the killing of two people in the neighborhood of Ras Hassan in the capital two days ago. They reported that a number of angry armed residents of the area broke into the headquarters of the government," said the official.
"This is not true, as the security services have contained the situation that took place on Thursday between the young people of the neighborhood and an armed battalion following the killing of the two residents," the official explained.
The Tripoli Security Directorate denied in a brief statement later on Friday that gunmen were besieging the headquarters of the government.
"Those responsible for securing the government are the security directorate of Tripoli, the general directorate of central security and the special operations force who are currently in place," the statement said.
Xinhua correspondent toured Tripoli Saturday and noted a normal security deployment in front of government buildings.
Two civilians were shot dead on Thursday by militia members in a neighborhood in central Tripoli, said the anti-terrorist special deterrent force of Libyan Ministry of Interior.
