Several killed In Separate Suicide Attacks In Libya

by PH April 15, 2016, 1:49 pm

Civilians and security personnel stand at the scene of an explosion at a police station in the Libyan capital Tripoli March 12, 2015. Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were responsible for a bomb attack on a police station in the Libyan capital on Thursday, a statement posted on Twitter said. The militants published pictures of the blast at the police station, close to the Foreign Ministry in central Tripoli. A blast damaged the police station and cars outside, witnesses said. REUTERS/Hani Amara (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

A member of Libya’s security forces was killed at a checkpoint by a suicide bomber while five other people were killed – including three who were beheaded – at a nearby military camp, officials and hospital authorities said.

Head of the media office at Misrata’s central hospital, Aziz Issa, said the suicide car bomb had detonated near the Essdada checkpoint, about 80km south of the western port city.

Four members of the security forces were injured.

Islamic State militants have staged several attacks on checkpoints on the coastal road south of Misrata which leads towards the group’s Libyan stronghold of Sirte.