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Aleksandar Brezar

Libya football riots spread to Tripoli as fans torch government building

Clashes that erupted after a football match in a western Libyan town left several people injured, authorities said Friday, while a government building was set on fire in Tripoli.

Fights began in the town of Tarhunah, some 80 kilometres south of the capital, after a match between Tripoli's Al-Ittihad SCSC and Misrata's Asswehly SC on Thursday.

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