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| Suicide bomb attack in Misrata fails; IS suspected |
| 2015-04-11 |
| [Libya Herald] An apparent suicide kaboom in Misrata failed early this morning with only the bomber killed. A second assailant involved in the incident was later captured in the town. The drama started at around 1 am this morning when two vehicles -- a Hyundai Tucson and a Mercedes V2 -- drove up to the Kararim checkpoint some 30 kilometres south of of the city. The driver of the first got out with two grenade in his hands and moved towards the guards who shot him dead before he could throw them. One of the grenades then went kaboom!, blasting his upper torso apart. The Hyundai, in which a number of mortar shells had been placed, then caught fire and the shells started to explode, although not all of them. According to the military the bombs were not particularly powerful. In the chaos, the driver of the Mercedes managed to drive off. He was, however, captured some two hours later in Misrata. The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS), which has threatened an onslaught of suicide and boom-mobileings in Misrata, is being blamed for the attack although, unusually for it, it has not yet rushed to claim responsibility. This is the fourth such attack in as many weeks. On 15 March bomb went kaboom!outside the headquarters of 166 Battalion killing one of its members. There was a second boom-mobile on 22 March outside the city's security administration building. Fortunately, no one was killed or injured. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... just five days ago, seven people died when a truck blew up next to a bus which had stopped at the Sadada checkpoint. IS grabbed credit for all three attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |