RPG attack strikes building near Canadian embassy in Libya

Posted on July 24, 2013 • Filed under: Africa, Expatriate attacked

According to theglobeandmail.com, a rocket-propelled grenade struck a residential building near a tower housing the Canadian embassy and several other foreign embassies, and a major hotel in the Libyan capital on Tuesday, witnesses and a security source said. There were no reported injuries in the incident in which a balcony of a residential block was charred and holed, a Reuters reporter on the scene said. A security source said the rocket was launched from car that burst into flames. Read article

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