Unknown assailants threw an improvised explosive on Tuesday
at an empty building the United Nations had considered as a possible
headquarters of its Libya mission in Tripoli, causing minor damage but
no injuries, a mission spokesman said.
There are heightened concerns about Islamist militant attacks in North Africa after a hostage crisis in Algeria and the start of French military operations against jihadist rebels in Mali earlier this month.
Radhia Achouri, spokeswoman for the U.N. Support Mission in Libya, recounting Tuesday’s incident, said a second, similar homemade explosive was later found and removed without problem by Libyan police, who were now investigating the matter.
On Monday, the British embassy in Tripoli said it was aware of reports of a potential threat against it, days after London urged British nationals to leave the eastern city of Benghazi due to a “specific and imminent threat” against Westerners.
The attack coincided with talks on Libya at the United Nations Security Council, who believe national dialogue must be held so that difficult decisions on a range of issues can be taken with broad popular support.
“It is worth insisting that many difficult decisions have yet to be taken in the areas of constitution-making, transitional justice, reconciliation and, it goes without saying, security sector reform,” Tarek Mitri, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), told the Security Council.
“In going forward, broad-based support to these decisions is necessary,” Mr. Mitri said, adding that: “For this purpose, Libyan authorities, political forces, community and tribal leaders, revolutionaries and civil society organizations should engage in a process of national dialogue. UNSMIL is committed to assist in this endeavour.”
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There are heightened concerns about Islamist militant attacks in North Africa after a hostage crisis in Algeria and the start of French military operations against jihadist rebels in Mali earlier this month.
Radhia Achouri, spokeswoman for the U.N. Support Mission in Libya, recounting Tuesday’s incident, said a second, similar homemade explosive was later found and removed without problem by Libyan police, who were now investigating the matter.
On Monday, the British embassy in Tripoli said it was aware of reports of a potential threat against it, days after London urged British nationals to leave the eastern city of Benghazi due to a “specific and imminent threat” against Westerners.
The attack coincided with talks on Libya at the United Nations Security Council, who believe national dialogue must be held so that difficult decisions on a range of issues can be taken with broad popular support.
“It is worth insisting that many difficult decisions have yet to be taken in the areas of constitution-making, transitional justice, reconciliation and, it goes without saying, security sector reform,” Tarek Mitri, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), told the Security Council.
“In going forward, broad-based support to these decisions is necessary,” Mr. Mitri said, adding that: “For this purpose, Libyan authorities, political forces, community and tribal leaders, revolutionaries and civil society organizations should engage in a process of national dialogue. UNSMIL is committed to assist in this endeavour.”
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