Libyan minister survives attack on motorcade

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>The motorcade of the interior minister of Libya’s UN-backed government has come under attack in the capital&comma; Tripoli&comma; a government spokesman said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Armed men opened fire at Fathi Bashagha’s motorcade&comma; wounding at least one of his guards&comma; said Amin al-Hashmi&comma; a spokesman for the Tripoli-based Health Ministry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said Mr Bashagha survived the attack and his guards chased the assailants&comma; killing one and detaining two others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier on Sunday&comma; Mr Bashagha met with Mustafa Sanalla&comma; head of Libya’s National Oil Corporation to discuss the security of oil facilities and how to strengthen the corporation’s independence to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ensure a fair distribution of wealth among all Libyans”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No group claimed responsibility for the attack&comma; which underscores the insecurity in the North African county&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The US Ambassador in Libya Richard Norland condemned the attack and called for an investigation to hold those responsible accountable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Minister Bashaga’s focus on ending the influence of rogue militias has our full support&comma;” Mr Norland said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Oil-rich Libya was plunged into chaos after a 2011 Nato-backed uprising toppled and killed long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The country has been divided between two governments&comma; one in the East and another in the West&comma; each backed by a vast array of militias as well as foreign powers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this month&comma; a UN-chosen body comprising Libyans from both sides appointed an interim government — a three-member presidential council and a prime minister — to lead the country through elections&comma; scheduled for December 24&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Bashagha was a contender for the post of prime minister&period; In the end Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah was chosen to lead the transitional cabinet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The forum also picked Mohammad Younes Menfi&comma; a Libyan diplomat from the country’s East&comma; to lead the presidential council&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed121309b1e">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed121309b1e'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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