Libyan People Protest at ISIL Attacks
TRIPOLI (PRESS TV) – Thousands of people in Libya have taken to the streets in the eastern city of Benghazi to protest against the ISIL terrorist group's violent attacks in a town east of the North African country.
The protesters on Friday condemned the bombings in al-Qubah, located 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the city of Derna, the ISIL stronghold, and called for an international campaign against ISIL terrorists.
The ISIL Takfiri group claimed responsibility for the triple bomb explosions which claimed the lives of at least 45 people and injured dozens. The ISIL has been winning a foothold in Libya, far from its battlefields in Iraq and Syria.
One of the simultaneous attacks targeted the police headquarters in al-Qubah.
The bombings also targeted the home of the speaker of Libya's internationally recognized parliament, Aguila Salah Issa, and a gas station.
Al-Qubah is controlled by retired General Khalifa Haftar, an autonomous military figure whose loyalists have been instrumental in protecting the internationally recognized government in the violence-wracked North African country.