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Libya's Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha said on Monday he escaped a 'well-planned' assassination attempt on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. 'It was not an incident that came by chance, but w...

Channels Television   Updated February 21, 2021 A file photo taken on July 28, 2020 shows Fathi Bashagha, Interior Minister of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), addressing a press conference at the Tajura Training Institute, southeast of the GNA-held capital Tripoli.  Mahmud TURKIA / AFP   The powerful interior minister of Libya’s unity government survived an assassination attempt Sunday, an aide said, sparking fears of resurgent violence despite UN-led peace efforts. Fathi Bashagha’s convoy “was fired on from an armoured car while he was on the highway” ...

Libya minister lucky to escape attempt on life AFP © Provided by Khaleej Times Libya minister lucky to escape attempt on life The powerful interior minister of Libya's unity government survived an assassination attempt on Sunday, an aide said, sparking fears of resurgent violence despite UN-led peace efforts. Fathi Bashagha's convoy "was fired on from an armoured car while he was on the highway" near the capital Tripoli, seat of the Government of National Accord (GNA), a member of his inner circle said. "His police escort returned fire. Two of the assailants were arrested,"...

Fire, blast at ammunition warehouse in western Libya kills 3 by The Associated Press Last Updated Jan 20, 2021 at 4:15 am EDT CAIRO — A fire, followed by an explosion at an ammunition warehouse at a naval academy in western Libya killed three people, including two officers, a Libyan spokesman said Wednesday. It was not clear what caused the overnight blaze at the academy in the town of Janzur, about 24 kilometres (14 miles) west of the capital of Tripoli, said Masoud Abdal Samad, the spokesman of the Libyan navy. Four people were also wounded in the incident. Samad said the dead included Br...