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Libya Issues Warning after PM Escapes Assassination |
2015-05-28 |
![]() "The forces of the national army and the security services affirm their support for the legal government and commit to protecting it against any obstacles or aggression hampering its work," a statement on the government's news agency said. It came after Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani escaped unscathed when would-be assassins opened fire on his car on Tuesday after a session of parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk. "Any aggression against the seat of government and sovereign state institutions will be followed by a state response using its strength and legality, with force and firmness," the statement said. Thani's front man said after his car was hit by bullets, wounding a bodyguard, that it had been an attempt to kill the premier. "It was an liquidation attempt, and the prime minister survived it," Hatem el-Ouraybi told AFP. |
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