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Thursday, October 3, 2013
The Russian embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli came under attack on October 2 as a group of people tried to force their way into the compound, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Security forces at the embassy fired shots to disperse the encroaching crowd.
An attempt to enter the building was repelled and according to the Foreign Ministry no diplomats were wounded and staff were taken to the airport as a precaution.
“The attackers opened fire and tore the Russian flag,” the Russian Itar Tass news agency cited unnamed sources as saying.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told Russian state television the situation had calmed. “In Tripoli …a shooting occurred and there was an attempt to enter the territory of the Russian embassy.”
A Reuters report, citing a Libyan security source said the attack did not appear to be directly linked to any militant group. He said the crowd was angered by the killing, as they saw it, of a Libyan by a Russian woman.
“The group attacked the compound as an act of revenge, because of the killing of the Libyan,” said the security source. The embassy was empty at the time.
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