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Libya arrests two IS members plotting car bomb attack in capital

TRIPOLI, Jan 9, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Two members of the Islamic State (IS)
who planned to carry out a car bomb attack in the Libyan capital of Tripoli
were arrested on Monday, the state’s Ministry of Interior said.

“After tracking and monitoring of the movements of (the) suspects, two
persons were arrested and confessed that they belong to IS,” the Joint
Deterrence and Interference Force, a security force of the ministry, said on
social media platform Facebook.

Footage posted on Facebook by the force showed the two IS members’
confession of plotting a car bomb attack in the city. They placed a bomb near
the industrial district of central Tripoli, but failed to detonate it twice
before they were arrested.

The terrorists, who fled from the northern city of Benghazi, also admitted
their previous plots to bomb security and military sites in Al-Drebi area of
Tripoli, but failed more than once due to a technical fault.

Just on Saturday, the security force successfully dismantled an explosive
device in a market in Al-Drebi area after receiving a report.

Despite IS defeat in northern cities of Benghazi and Sirte, the fleeing
terrorists continue to carry out car bombs and suicide attacks in the North
African nation, most notably the attack in October last year on a court
complex in Misurata city, some 190 km east of Tripoli, which killed three
security personnel.

Libya has been suffering insecurity and chaos since the fall of former
leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011, and is now plagued with political
division and escalating violence.

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