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Car Bomb Explodes in Libya's Tripoli Near Italian Embassy - Reports

© REUTERS / Hani AmaraA car drives past the Italian embassy in Tripoli, Libya January 10, 2017
A car drives past the Italian embassy in Tripoli, Libya January 10, 2017 - Sputnik International
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A car bomb went off near the Italian embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, with driver and his companion killed in the blast, local media reported.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The driver of the car had to park in Al-Dahra neighborhood, in an area close to the embassy, but not exactly next to it, after being chased off by the embassy's security workers, The Libya Observer news outlet reported Saturday, citing a security forces official.

Two bodies, one of them the driver, were taken out of the car, the outlet reported, citing the Red Crescent.

No further information is reportedly available at this moment about victims or the extent of the damages caused by the explosion.

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