Libyan Violence Spurs Thousands to Flee, Threatening Exodus
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Thousands of foreigners in Libya struggled to leave the country as spiraling violence in the capital Tripoli kept those trying to flee stranded and chaos spreading through the country threatened to spark an exodus.
Alitalia SpA, which flew about 800 Italians out of Libya yesterday, suspended flights to Tripoli because passengers were unable to reach departure gates and Germany’s Deutsche Lufthansa AG canceled all flights to Tripoli at least through the weekend. A ferry bound for Malta that began to evacuate several thousand U.S. citizens from Libya was delayed because of high seas, State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said yesterday.