Islamic State Claims Suicide Attack on Libyan Foreign Ministry
- At least 2 said killed, another 11 wounded in ministry attack
- Latest blow toward efforts to stabilize the war-torn country
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Islamic State claimed a suicide attack on the Libyan Foreign Ministry’s headquarters in Tripoli that officials said killed three people, in the latest blow to efforts to stabilize the war-ravaged North African nation.
Gunmen opened fire on the ministry and one of them blew himself up, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. At least 18 others were wounded, Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha said in a televised news conference, putting the death toll at two. It wasn’t immediately possible to reconcile the difference in the toll.