French embassy in Tripoli attacked

TRIPOLI A car bomb was used this morning to attack the French embassy in Tripoli, Libya. Two French guards were injured, one seriously. Nobody has yet claimed the responsibility for the attack. French embassy in Tripoli attacked "An attack has been carried out on the embassy. We think that it was a car loaded with explosives. Great (material) damage was done and two guards were injured," Reuters quoted an official of the French embassy in Tripoli. A Libyan security source confirmed a car bomb exploded at the location at 07:00 local time, the French media are reporting. According to AFP's correspondent, the embassy was badly damaged, one part of the fence was destroyed and two vehicles that were parked in front burned. The French embassy is housed in a two-story mansion on the corner of a residential neighborhood Gargaresh. Due to the strong explosion, two villas opposite the embassy suffered significant damage, while the window on a store 200 meters was also shattered. "France strongly condemns the attack on its embassy," ​​said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, adding that, in cooperation with the Libyan authorities, state agencies would do everything possible to shed the light on the circumstances of the "heinous act" and to identify the attackers quickly . In September 2012, the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was the target of a devastating attack when the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans died. Today's incident mark the first time since the fall of the regime of late Muammar Gaddafi that an attack was carried out on a foreign mission in Tripoli. Since France began its military intervention began in Mali in January, it has been in the crosshairs of many Islamist threats. In late January, France and several other Western countries have asked their nationals to leave Beng The scene of the attack (Beta/AP) Tanjug

French embassy in Tripoli attacked

"An attack has been carried out on the embassy. We think that it was a car loaded with explosives. Great (material) damage was done and two guards were injured," Reuters quoted an official of the French embassy in Tripoli.

A Libyan security source confirmed a car bomb exploded at the location at 07:00 local time, the French media are reporting.

According to AFP's correspondent, the embassy was badly damaged, one part of the fence was destroyed and two vehicles that were parked in front burned.

The French embassy is housed in a two-story mansion on the corner of a residential neighborhood Gargaresh. Due to the strong explosion, two villas opposite the embassy suffered significant damage, while the window on a store 200 meters was also shattered.

"France strongly condemns the attack on its embassy," ​​said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, adding that, in cooperation with the Libyan authorities, state agencies would do everything possible to shed the light on the circumstances of the "heinous act" and to identify the attackers quickly .

In September 2012, the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was the target of a devastating attack when the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans died. Today's incident mark the first time since the fall of the regime of late Muammar Gaddafi that an attack was carried out on a foreign mission in Tripoli.

Since France began its military intervention began in Mali in January, it has been in the crosshairs of many Islamist threats. In late January, France and several other Western countries have asked their nationals to leave Beng