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MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Five people were killed and eight wounded
in a suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State outside the Libyan city
of Misrata on Sunday, security officials said.
A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into the
mainsecurity check point west of Misrata,the officials said.
Several cars and nearby shops were damaged by theblast.
Islamic State claimed the attack, which it said had been carried out
by a Tunisian, according to a statement on Twitter.
Islamic State militants have carriedout several attacks in the Misrata
area as well as other parts of Libya,exploiting a security vacuum as
tworival governments battle for control of the oil-producing nation.
Misrata, located to the east of Tripoli, is allied with the unofficial
government that controls Tripoli.
The internationally recognized government operates out of east Libya
since losing control of the capital last August.
"We will support all army, police and revolutionary forces to fight
and chase those apostates who have come to Libya claiming they are
representing Islam," Libya's rival prime minister, Khalifa Ghwell,
told Reuters at the scene of the blast."Islam disowns them," he said.
(Reporting by Ahmed Elumami, Ulf Laessing, Ahmed Tolba, Editing by
Angus MacSwan)
