Greek operated oil tanker bombed by Libyan airforces killing crew members

  The Libyan military has been battling Islamist militias, which have seized control of several cities

Libyan air force jets have bombed a Greek-operated oil tanker chartered by Libya's national oil company, killing two crew members. A Libyan military spokesman told the BBC that the ship's movements at the port of Derna had aroused suspicion. The oil company rejected this, saying the ship was delivering fuel to industrial facilities there and the authorities had been kept informed.

Derna has been controlled by Islamist militants for the past two years. The Libyan military attacked the port several times last year in an attempt to weaken militant groups there.
The military spokesman, Colonel Ahmed Mesmari, said the tanker had been targeted because it had failed to submit to an inspection before entering the port. 

He said the vessel was supposed to dock at a power plant in Derna but instead "took a different route", entering a "military zone". "We asked the ship to stop, but instead it turned off all its lights and would not respond so we were obliged to strike it. "We bombed it twice," he said.