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Image: Libya Foreign Ministry website

Gunmen attack Libyan Foreign Ministry Headquarter, 1 killed

| @indiablooms | Dec 25, 2018, at 06:50 pm

Tripoli, Dec 25 (IBNS):  Gunmen stormed the foreign ministry office of Libya and killed at least one person, media reports said on Tuesday.

Gunmen armed with machine guns stormed the foreign ministry of Libya's internationally recognized government in Tripoli on Tuesday, killing one person, an eyewitness told CNN.

The incident left 10 people injured.

No group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.

One of the two gunmen is believed to have been killed after an explosion was heard in the top floor of the building, politician Guma El-Gamaty who was in the area told CNN.

Image: Libya Foreign Ministry website 
 

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