Death toll in Libya election commission bombing rises to 14
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Libya’s health ministry said Thursday that the death toll from the suicide attack against the headquarters of the electoral commission in Tripoli a day earlier had risen to 14.
Six others were wounded in the attack on the High National Elections Commission building in Tripoli’s Ghout Al-Shaal district, which saw two assailants open fire at guards and officials before blowing themselves up. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
The death toll had previously stood at 12 killed and seven injured.
The attack has been strongly condemned by the United Nations, the European Union, France, the United States, Britain and Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord.
The bloodshed comes as the international community pushes for elections in Libya...