Death toll of Tripoli electoral commission attack hits 16, ISIS claims responsibility


16 people were killed and at least 19 others were injured in an on the Tripoli-based High National Elections Commission (HNEC) in Ghout Al-Shaal on Wednesday morning.

IS (also known as ISIS) terrorists claimed responsibility for the attack on their media platform “Wilayat Trabulus”.

The Director Manager of the HNEC, Saad Al-Gadibi, said the gunmen stormed into the building and killed a number of the security personnel in gun-to-gun clashes before two of them blew themselves up leaving the HNEC building ablaze.

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Source: The Libya Observer