{"id":286408,"date":"2011-03-02T07:26:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T07:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/several-explosions-heard-in-libyan-capital-of-tripoli\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T07:26:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T07:26:42","slug":"several-explosions-heard-in-libyan-capital-of-tripoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/several-explosions-heard-in-libyan-capital-of-tripoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Several explosions heard in Libyan capital of Tripoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"50.9877835951\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"23\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>The explosions take place within seconds of each other in central Tripoli<\/li>\n<li>Tripoli has remained under government control amid protests <\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Four large explosions were heard Wednesday morning in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, with flames visible in at least one location.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were about five to 10 seconds apart,&#8221; said CNN&#8217;s Nic Roberston, who said the explosions took place in central Tripoli. &#8220;You can hear sirens rushing into the area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the explosions was not immediately known. Government officials were not allowing journalists to get close to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Tripoli has remained under the control of leader Moammar Gadhafi&#8217;s regime, though opposition forces have taken control of other cities amid weeks-long protests.<\/p>\n<p><b>CNN&#8217;s Tommy Evans contributed to this report.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/CSjiReiYOG4\/index.html\" title=\"Several explosions heard in Libyan capital of Tripoli\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Several explosions heard in Libyan capital of Tripoli<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS The explosions take place within seconds of each other in central Tripoli Tripoli has remained under government control amid protests (CNN) &#8212; Four large explosions were heard Wednesday morning in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, with flames visible in at least one location. &#8220;They were about five to 10 seconds apart,&#8221; said CNN&#8217;s Nic Roberston, who said the explosions took place in central Tripoli. &#8220;You can hear sirens rushing into the area.&#8221; The cause of the explosions was not immediately known<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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