Libya Detains Three in State Oil Attack to Defuse Supply Threat
Libya's attorney general ordered the detention of three people accused of storming the state oil company's headquarters after authorities in the country's eastern half threatened to shut oil output in response to the episode.
A militia from a city near the capital Tripoli barged into the National Oil Corp.'s headquarters Wednesday, demanding jobs protecting the facility, people familiar with the events said earlier. The attorney general's office ordered the arrest of other suspects, it said in a Facebook post.
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