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Libyan security operatives have clashed with striking oil workers . The striking workers had attempted to sell oil themselves at the country's largest crude terminal.
The head of Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG), Edris Abokhamada,confirmed the clash.
"The protesters are still inside the port but the citizens want them to leave," Abokhamada told the pressmen. "The Zueitina port protesters fired on civilians when they asked them to leave. One is injured."
Striking security guards and other worker protests have blocked the main ports since July and led to the closure of many oilfields, cutting exports and production to their lowest levels, with exports less than 500,000 barrels per day, since the civil war in 2011.
Last week, Libya said it would use military force if necessary to prevent striking security guards from exporting oil independently.
The strike continues.
