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| Bomb targets US embassy offices in Libya's Benghazi | |
| 2012-06-06 | |
A bomb targeted the U.S. embassy offices in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi late on Tuesday, an embassy official said. He said the improvised explosive device hit outside the gate of the offices and no one was injured.
The attack is the latest on international missions and institutions in Benghazi, the coastal city 1,000 km east of Tripoli where the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi began last year and where many overseas bodies station representatives. On May 22, a rocket-propelled grenade hit the offices of the International Committee of the Red A month earlier, a bomb was thrown at a convoy carrying the head of the U.N. mission to Libya. That attack was the first of its kind targeting a foreign mission since last year's revolt overthrew Gaddafi. There was no indication who was behind the embassy attack. But with national assembly elections due to be held in less than 20 days' time, it underscores the instability in the country, where rival armed militia and tribesfolk are still jockeying for influence. | |
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