After the end of the war, a number of Misratan militias made efforts to capture those people who they believed were linked to the previous government.

After a string of abuses, local fighters in Bani Walid retook control of their town and expelled the new government from the city.

The local government of Bani Walid rejected the decision, stating that no true judiciary system existed in Libya.

[18] On 18 October, around 2,000 Libyan National Army units and its aligned militias, mainly from city of Misrata, started, after failed negotiations between the government and the local council, full-scale attack on Bani Walid.

Despite claims from Margarief that the resolution needed to be peaceful, the Libyan Army and its allied militia was preparing another assault, moving heavy weapons and ammunition to the battlefield.

[21] The shelling on the city and its outskirts continued and the ceasefire was ignored, with five residents, including a child, killed and 40 houses destroyed by the rockets fired by the militias.

Libyan Shields forces and Misrata militias stated that their offensive had been sanctioned by the government, while a military official denied it, adding to the confusion.

Militiamen said that they had a list of wanted people inside Bani Walid and that there were in addition hundreds more gunmen defending the city.

[31] A Misrata militiamen said that the fighters in Bani Walid were well armed and that fighting continued at the Wadi Dinar, gates, 30 miles away from the city centre and that they traded fire from two hilltops.

The Airport takeover, together with the military occupation of Mordum, Shmeagh and Tniena districts on the outskirts was confirmed by one of the refugees who fled the city.

[35][36] On 24 October, pro-government fighters mostly from Libya Shield brigade, militia under command of the Ministry of Defence, took control of centre of the city.

[38] On 25 October, Muammar Gaddafi loyalists hold out in last stand at Bani Walid,[39] just to be scattered by the next day when pro-government forces freely roamed the city.

[6] AFP - Armed men killed four policemen and two soldiers Sunday in separate attacks in Libya, including one in a former bastion of Moamer Kadhafi's regime that was toppled last year, security officials said.

[7] On October 5, 2013 Gunmen killed at least 12 Libyan soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint near the city of Bani Walid, a former stronghold of supporters of Muammar Gadhafi, security officials said on Saturday.