Minister escapes an assassination attempt

Tripoli. — Libya’s interior minister escaped an assassination attempt unharmed yesterday in the country’s capital, a report from the official Libyan state news agency said.The report said Libyan interior minister Sadiq Abulkarim Abdulrahman was targeted by armed militants who attacked his car in the country’s capital Tripoli.

Libya has been wracked with political violence and instability since the end of the civil war in 2011, which saw many armed militias formed in the country. Cases of assassinations targeting politicians and security officials, who have tried to crackdown on the militias, have increased since then. — Xinhua