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Attack on Libya election commission kills 12

A suicide attack on Libya's electoral commission killed at least 11 people in the capital Tripoli yesterday, authorities in the violence-wracked country said, after witnesses reported thick smoke and gunfire

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UNâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088mission in Libya condemned the suicide attack. Pic/AFP

A suicide attack on Libya's electoral commission killed at least 11 people in the capital Tripoli yesterday, authorities in the violence-wracked country said, after witnesses reported thick smoke and gunfire. The internationally backed Government of National Accord (GNA) said it was dealing with "the consequences of the cowardly suicide attack" after the health ministry put the toll at 12 dead and two wounded.

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