A car bomb in Tripoli wounded two French guards at France’s embassy in Libya today, bringing new violence to the capital.
«This is an attack that targets not only France but all countries that fight against terrorist groups,» Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in Paris before flying out to see for himself the damage to the embassy. One of the two wounded French guards required emergency surgery in Tripoli, he added.
President Francois Hollande said: «France expects the Libyan authorities to shed light on this unacceptable act so that the perpetrators are identified and brought to justice.»
Libya’s government, struggling to exert its authority, said it was a «terrorist act» aimed at destabilising their country and ministers said they would work with French investigators.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility in the hours after the early morning blast.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald