CAIRO (AP) — Fighting between Islamist militias and rival groups in a western Libyan town has killed at least 23 people, a hospital official said Sunday.

Emad Khalifa Abdul-Salam of Gharyan hospital, southwest of the capital Tripoli, said the ongoing, intense battle in the nearby town of Kikla left another 43 people wounded, including 10 in critical condition, mainly from shrapnel wounds.