Protesters blocked roads in Tripoli, in solidarity with demonstrators conducting a general strike in Benghazi to protest the government’s failure to provide security. Hashim Bishr, the former Supreme Security Council head who now works with the Ministry of the Interior, denounced the March 4 siege on the Prime Minister’s office, in which four Army vehicles were stolen. Derna University closed indefinitely after men vandalized three medical laboratories last week, and a new armed Islamist group, the Islamic Youth Shurah Council in Derna, showed up two days ago claiming it would take over the city.
