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| IS launches another attack on eastern Misrata checkpoint |
| 2016-05-12 |
| Tripoli, 11 May 2016: This evening saw yet another car bomb attack on Misrata’s eastern Sadada gate and subsequent fighting in which one person died and eight others were injured. All were taken to Misrata Central Hospital. The dead man is reported to be a military commander from the city’s port brigade. The attackers are believed to belong to the so-called Islamic State. In the past week, it has again vowed to destroy Misrata. Sadada checkpoint, some 90 kilometres south of Misratra and not far from Abu Grain, has been the site of numerous bombings, mainly suicide attacks , by militants, the most recent being last Thursday. |
| Posted by:badanov |