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The army chief of staff was killed in a clash between gangs and security forces in Tripoli. Congress ordered a state of high alert across the country, due to violence in the south. Government forces regained control of the Tamenhint airbase, but clashes continued in Sebha between army forces and Tebu militants. Three soldiers were killed in an ambush near the Sarir oilfield. Alleged pro-Ghaddafi supporters tried to vandalize an Italian cemetery in Tripoli. Masked gunmen attempting to storm a barracks and raid an armory in Benghazi were repelled by security forces.