Suspected IS suicide bomber hits Libya checkpoint, kills 2

31 August 2017, 6:11 pm

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A suspected Islamic State militant drove his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint east of the coastal Libyan city of Sirte on Thursday, killing two policemen, military officials say.

The officials said the blast at Nofaliya, 130 kilometers (81 miles) east of Sirte, also wounded two soldiers from the Libyan National Army, LNA.

The attack and the resulting death toll were reported by Col. Muftah Amgharief, from the security force guarding oil facilities in eastern Libya, and Faisal Ahbale, spokesman for the army’s 101st Brigade. The incident and the death toll were also reported by the LNA spokesman on his Facebook page.

— AP