Tripoli resident: 'The rebels are taking control'

Name: Tripoli resident: 'The rebels are taking control'
Uploaded: 2011-08-21T01:48:59.000Z
Duration: 3 min 1 s
Description: An engineer in Tripoli who has been helping the rebels as they fight to gain control of the city tells the BBC that 'the situation is under control'.

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Engineer Abdul Haken in Tripoli spoke to the BBC about gunfire in the Libyan capital overnight.

He said the rebels were taking control of the city.

Africa

21 August 2011