French embassy in Tripoli, Libya targeted in a car bomb attack

According to first reports by AFP, two guards were wounded, the wall surrounding the property was destroyed and the embassy building badly damaged by a car bomb.  Two cars parked nearby were also destroyed. Black smoke billowed from the wreckage of the vehicle that exploded close to the French Embassy’s entrance as fire crews put out the flames.

 

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