A car bomb has exploded outside the Swedish consulate in the Libyan
city of Benghazi, seriously damaging the building but causing no
casualties, according to security officials. The Swedish mission is one of the few remaining diplomatic offices
remaining in Benghazi, the hub of the 2011 uprising that toppled
long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi. It is located in Benghazi's Al-Fouihet district, not far from the Egyptian consulate, which was bombed in August. Nobody claimed responsibility for Friday's attack, which
occurred just days after a US special forces' raid captured a Libyan
al-Qaeda suspect in Tripoli. Benghazi has been hit by a wave of
attacks against government offices and targeted killings in recent
months as security agencies struggle to secure Libya since the 2011
civil war.
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