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| Bomb blast at Derna restaurant |
| 2013-12-15 |
| [Libya Herald] A bomb seriously damaged a restaurant on Derna's west corniche late last night, however no was injured. The blast occurred after it had closed. The reason for the attack is unknown although it is being reported locally and on social media sites that it is owned by a Syrian Christian. However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... local sources say that the owner who has another restaurant in the centre of town is a Lebanese man who was born in Libya, is a convert to Islam and is married to Libyan woman. His family went to Greece during the revolution and are still there, it is reported, but he remained in Derna throughout the conflict, and since. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ...In a country that is unpleasant as a whole, Derna is the unpleasantest. The city has a tradition - going back several hundred years - of not liking anybody in power in Tripoli, as well as religious fanaticism. And the restaurant's location sounds nicer than it is - Google Earth Derna sometime. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2013-12-15 06:04 |