Angry protesters set fire to the house of the man who was Derna mayor at the time of the flood.
Protesters took aim at officials, including the head of the eastern-based Libyan parliament, Aguila Saleh, during the demonstration outside the Sahaba Mosque. Some sat on the roof in front of its golden dome, a Derna landmark.
The parallel government in eastern Libya said the prime minister Usama Hamad dismissed all the members of Derna’s municipal council and referred them to investigation. Taha Miftah, 39, said the protest was a message that “the governments have failed to manage the crisis”, adding that the parliament was especially to blame.
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