TRIPOLI, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- An armed group has threatened to destroy Libya's water supply system unless one of its leaders detained in the capital Tripoli is released, a government statement said on Friday.
"As of Friday, the amount of water flowing from southern wells to coastal cities has been reduced as a result of a renewed threat by an armed group to destroy the water supply system," Lybia's Water Supply Department said in a statement on Friday.
Earlier in October, the armed group in southern Libya threatened to burn the country's water system and blow up a gas line leading to an oil port to pressure security services in Tripoli to release one of its leaders.
The detained leader, Mabrouk Ehnesh, was captured by Tripoli's Special Anti-Terrorism Force for his involvement in a plot to take over the city.
Libya has been suffering from political division and unrest following the uprising of 2011 that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
