Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide attack on Libyan foreign ministry

SANAA, Dec. 26 (YPA) – Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the Libyan Foreign Ministry’s headquarters in Tripoli, the Libyan capital on Tuesday.

According to local media, the attack was carried out by three suicide bombers with explosive belts and machine guns, and they were able to storm the headquarters of the Libyan Foreign Ministry in central Tripoli, killing two people and injuring 18 others.

The UN special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salameh, strongly condemned the attack, stressing that he would continue to work with the Libyan people to prevent terrorists from turning the country into a sanctuary and scene of their criminality.

According to the site “the Center gate” Libya, The attack killed the head of the Islamic administration,  Ibrahim al-Shaibi, and the spokesman of the battalion of the rebels of Tripoli, Abdul Rahman al-Mazougi.

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