Courtesy : Sabri Elmhedwi/European Pressphoto Agency
Two members of Libyan security forces, and other five people were injured in a car bomb that detonated at a checkpoint in the southern Libyan city of Sebha on Sunday. According to the sources, the blast was caused by a suicide bomber who detonated the car bomb.
A police official of the city said, “A car bomb exploded as it was crossing a roadblock set up by the security forces.”
The city of Sebha in Libya is located around 750 kilometres (around 465 miles) south of the capital Tripoli.
No immediate responsibility for the attack was claimed. However, the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the blast late on Sunday as reported by the militant group’s Nasheer news agency on Telegram. The group said one of its militants, named Muhammed El Muhajir, stormed a checkpoint on Sunday with an explosives-laden car.
Interim Prime Minister of Libya, Abdulhamid Dbeibeh called out the attack on Twitter. He termed it as a “cowardly attack”.
نستنكر العمل الإرهابي الجبان الذي استهدف نقطة تفتيش تابعة لمديرية أمن سبها.
كل التعازي لأسرتي شهيدي الواجب النقيب (إبراهيم عبدالنبي المناع)و(الملازم عباس أبوبكر علي الشريف).
ونتمنى الشفاء العاجل للجرحى.
حربنا ضد الإرهاب مستمرة وسنضرب بقوة كل أوكاره أينما كانت.— عبدالحميد الدبيبة Abdulhamid AlDabaiba (@Dabaibahamid) June 6, 2021
Libya has suffered decades of chaos since 2011 NATO-supported uprising ousted the head of the state Muammar Gaddafi then. The two main warring sides of the country consented to form a new government this year. They signed a formal truce in October 2020, that led to the creation of the interim government in Libya.