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IS suicide bombings kill three soldiers in Libya

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Tripoli, Jan 3 (IANS/AKI) Three Libyan soldiers were killed and a fourth soldier was injured in two suicide bombings carried out by the Islamic State jihadist group in southern Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations backed government's interior ministry, Ahmed Baraka, said.

The casualties occurred when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt on Tuesday

near the police station in Ghadwa, near the city of Sabha, Baraka said on Wednesday.

A second suicide bomber blew himself up inside the police station after he was arrested, according to Baraka.

--IANS

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First Published: Jan 03 2019 | 12:40 AM IST

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