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Tuesday 21 Apr 2015 - 11:21 Makkah mean time-2-7-1436
Tripoli (Google image)
Tripoli (IINA) – A bomb exploded in front of the Spanish embassy in the Libyan capital late on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks on foreign missions in the North African country, Reuters reported, citing residents.
"We heard a loud explosion," said a Tripoli resident living next to the embassy.
Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo said nobody was hurt as Spain, like most Western and Arab countries, had pulled out its diplomats in summer during weeks of heavy fighting between rival armed groups in Tripoli.
Pictures posted on social media showed some damage at the building's wall. There was no immediate claim for the attack or comments from Tripoli officials.
Militants affiliated with the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) have claimed a string of killings of foreigners as well as attacks on embassies and oil facilities in Libya.
On Sunday, the group claimed the killing of around 28 Ethiopan Christians, two months after the beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts on a Libyan beach.
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