Libya will bomb a North Korea-flagged oil tanker loading crude oil at an eastern port controlled by armed protesters if the vessel fails to follow orders from the navy.

Libya will bomb a North Korea-flagged oil tanker trying to load crude at an eastern port controlled by armed protesters if the vessel fails to follow orders from the navy, according to Reuters.

Prime Minister of Libya Ali Zeidan Credit: Wiktor Dabkowski/DPA/Press Association Images

"The tanker will be bombed if it doesn't follow orders when leaving (the port). This will be an environmental disaster," Prime Minister Ali Zeidan told reporters, calling the docking of the tanker a criminal act violating Libya's sovereignty.