Two injured in Libya attack
The attackers ambushed Dominic Asquith’s convoy, metres from the consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, firing the weapon at the front of one of the vehicles and blowing out the windscreen, local security officials said.
It was the fourth attack in three months on a foreign mission in the city, the birthplace of the revolt which last year overthrew Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
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“A convoy carrying the British ambassador to Libya was involved in a serious incident,” said a spokeswoman for the British embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. “Two close protection officers were injured in the attack but all other staff are safe.”