Libya: Bombing outside Spanish Embassy in capital Tripoli

(Baonghean.vn) - A bomb exploded on the night of Monday to the morning of Tuesday, April 21, near the Spanish Embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli. According to police, fortunately there were no casualties in the attack.

The scene of a bomb attack outside a Moroccan embassy in the capital Tripoli on April 13. Photo: Reuters

The attack was later claimed by the Islamic State (IS). On its Twitter account, the extremists posted: “IS fighters attacked the Spanish embassy in Tripoli with explosives.”

Issam Naas, a spokesman for the Libyan government, said: “IS extremists hid explosives near the exterior walls of the Spanish Embassy in the capital Tripoli. The explosion caused material damage to the embassy building as well as adjacent buildings.”

This is not the first time IS has carried out attacks targeting foreign embassies in Libya. On Sunday, April 19, IS gunmen killed two people in front of the South Korean Embassy. On April 13, they also bombed the Moroccan Embassy. It is known that the two embassies are located on the same street.

After being present in Syria, Iraq and Sinai in Egypt, Libya is gradually becoming the new operating area of ​​IS. The attack on the Spanish Embassy and the execution of 28 Ethiopian hostages on April 19 once again proved the expansion of IS in Libya. It seems that they are challenging the Libyan government and the world in general by continuously carrying out brutal attacks and executions.

Chu Thanh

According to Le Monde April 21