Two suspects have been arrested in connection with twin car bombings
in an eastern Libyan city where a UN envoy was meeting with the prime
minister, a senior Libyan security official said on Monday.
Neither
the UN envoy Bernardino Leon nor Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah
al-Thinni were targeted in the bombings in the eastern city of Bayda on
Sunday. Top security officials were holding a meeting in the city at the
same time, the official said.
The two suspects are from the
eastern city of Darna, where Islamic extremists pledged allegiance to
the Islamic State group last month, he said.
The official said the
bombings are the latest in a series of attacks aimed at destabilizing
Bayda, where the Cabinet convenes, and the far eastern city of Tobruk,
where the elected parliament meets.
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