"A boom-mobile went
kaboom!as it was crossing a roadblock set up by the security forces" in the city of Sebha, a police official in the city said.
A security source in Sebha said the blast was caused by a jacket wallah who detonated a boom-mobile.
Sebha is located around 750 kilometers south of the capital Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
"Two security officers were killed, five others were maimed and heavy material damage" was caused, the source said.
Local media showed images of badly damaged security force vehicles surrounded by debris.
ISIS claimed late on Sunday responsibility for the attack, saying one of its forces of Evil stormed the checkpoint using an car bomb.
Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah wrote on Twitter that it had been a "cowardly terrorist act", offering condolences to the families of the two "deaders" killed.
"Our war against terrorism continues," Dbeibah added.
| An Nahar adds: |
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly...and has been the scene of several krazed killer attacks in recent years.