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Libyan foreign ministry in Tripoli has been attacked by suicide attackers leaving three people dead including a senior civil servant as affirmed by authorities.

It was confirmed a terrorist attack which also got ten people wounded.

The special forces spokesman , Tarak al-Dawass, accused the Islamic state jihadist group of being responsible for the act.

A car bomb exploded close to the ministry, a suicide bomber blew himself up on the second floor of the building while another attacker died when the suitcase he was carrying exploded.

An assailant who was unarmed and wearing a bulletproof vest was killed by security forces outside, according to Dawass clarification of the situation.

 

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