Sixteen people, including civilians, were killed in clashes among rival armed groups in the Libyan capital of Tripoli.
The Daily Sabah on Sunday reports that the country's Health Ministry declared the death toll.
The fighting began on Thursday night and has erupted in Libya's third city Misrata, prompting the U.S. Embassy to warn of the risk of a wider flare-up.
U.S. Ambassador Richard Norland called on all political actors and their supporters among armed groups to stand down to avoid escalation.
"The clashes in Misrata demonstrate the dangerous prospect that the recent violence will escalate.
"Armed efforts either to test or to defend the political status quo risk bringing Libya back to an era its citizens thought had been left behind."
U.N. Special Adviser Stephanie Williams also said she was outraged about the violence and called for civilians’ protection.
She said in a statement; “The indiscriminate use of weapons in a heavily populated, urban area without safeguarding civilians is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and a sanctionable offence. This fighting must stop."
Libya has been gripped by insecurity since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Quadri Adejumo covers World News, Health, Climate & Humanitarian.
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