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ISIS suicide bombings kill 32 Libyan militiamen

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BENGHAZI, Libya - A spokesman of a Libyan militia says two suicide bombings by the ISIS group have killed 32 of the militia's fighters.

 

Mohammed Shamia of the Misrata militia, which is loyal to Libya's new UN-brokered unity government, told The Associated Press that the attack happened on Wednesday night.

 

He says two suicide bombers rammed their large vehicles packed with explosives into militia positions in the al-Washka and Bourayat al-Hassoun areas west of the coastal city of Sirte, an IS stronghold. Fifty militiamen were wounded in the attacks.

 

ISIS claimed responsibility for the bombings in a statement posted by its supporters on Twitter.

 

 

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