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Libyan senior official survives assassination in Tunisia

Xinhua, July 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Undersecretary of Interior of Libya's internationally recognized government, and Minister of Interior in charge Col. Mustafa Al-Debbashi on Thursday survived an assassination attempt in the Tunisian capital, according to the ministry's spokesman on Friday.

"Tunisian authorities arrested a terrorist who was attempting to assassinate Col. Al-Debbashi as he was in Tunisia," the ministry's spokesman Lieutenant Tariq Kharraz said .

"The arrested terrorist is a Tunisian national and linked to a Libyan terrorist group. He is being interrogated currently by the Tunisian security to uncover the motives behind the attempted assassination and for further details of the group he belongs to," Kharraz added.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attempted assassination so far.

Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, Libya has been suffering a security vacuum with many armed groups fighting for dominance. The country is plagued with similar assassinations.

Libya, an oil-rich North African country, suffers political division with two rival parliaments and governments battling for legitimacy. Endit