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Suicide bomb attacks Libyan town

Xinhua, May 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

An IS-affiliated suicide bomb attack on Thursday hit a check point in the town of Abu-Gren, nearly 110 km south of Misrata, killing and wounding several security guards, a security source told Xinhua.

The attack was followed by separate clashes between the IS affiliates and security guards nearby, the security source added, confirming that the IS is using a large number of military vehicles.

Ibrahim Ben Jarab, the chief of the military council of Misrata, ordered all militias of the council to go immediately to Abu-Gren.

No official medical source was available to confirmed the number of casualties.

Abu-Gren is located about 140 km west the city of Sirte. The town is used by the IS as a strategic supply line.

The city of Sirte, almost 450 km west the capital Tripoli, is controlled by the IS for almost a year.

The terrorist group has launched several suicide attacks and kidnapped and killed foreign workers in Libya. Endit