Libya: Red Cross pulls out of Benghazi fearing attack

[Turborama]

Source: BBC

The International Committee of the Red Cross has withdrawn from the rebel-held city of Benghazi, in eastern Libya.

The organisation said it feared an attack by forces loyal to the country's leader Col Muammar Gaddafi may be imminent.

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The ICRC said it had transferred its Benghazi and Ajdabiya staff to the eastern city of Tobruk, from where they will continue to work with conflict victims.

In a statement, the organisation said humanitarian activities in Benghazi would now be carried out by the Libyan Red Crescent, which had been left with food and essential items to cover the needs of 15,000 people for a month.

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