Libya’s interior minister Fathi Bashagha gives a press conference in the Tunisian capital of Tunis in December 2019. Photo: AFP Libya’s interior minister Fathi Bashagha gives a press conference in the Tunisian capital of Tunis in December 2019. Photo: AFP
Libya’s interior minister Fathi Bashagha gives a press conference in the Tunisian capital of Tunis in December 2019. Photo: AFP
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Libya interior minister Fathi Bashagha escapes assassination attempt

  • One attacker was killed and two arrested after the minister’s motorcade was ‘fired on from an armoured car’ on the motorway near Tripoli
  • The incident sparked fears of resurgent violence despite UN-led peace efforts in the country

Topic |   Libya
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 1:55am, 22 Feb, 2021

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Libya’s interior minister Fathi Bashagha gives a press conference in the Tunisian capital of Tunis in December 2019. Photo: AFP Libya’s interior minister Fathi Bashagha gives a press conference in the Tunisian capital of Tunis in December 2019. Photo: AFP
Libya’s interior minister Fathi Bashagha gives a press conference in the Tunisian capital of Tunis in December 2019. Photo: AFP
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