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Clashes between Libya’s UN-backed government forces and the east-based army in Abugrein town, some 140 km south of the city of Misrata, killed 24 troops and injured more than 100 from both parties.

“The battle in Abugrein town killed 12 and injured 55 of our troops,” a source of the east-based army told Xinhua late Sunday.

The UN-backed government’s forces also said that 12 of their fighters were killed and more than 50 others injured during the