Developing: Russian Embassy in Libya Is Under Attack

Unknown gunmen attacked the Russian embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday, Al Arabiya correspondent reported.

The sound of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades could be heard around the embassy, the correspondent added.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said confirmed the attack saying none of its staff was injured.

Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Ekho Moskvy radio the attackers fired at the embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and tried to break into its grounds, Associated Press

She said that according to preliminary information no one among the embassy personnel was wounded.

The attack comes two days after conflicting reports emerged about the circumstances of the murder of an army officer in the Souk Juma district of Tripoli, according to AFP.

Some sources said a Russian woman had killed the officer for his role in the 2011 revolt against the regime of late dictator Moamer Kadhafi.

Others said the woman was the wife of the slain man and that the motive for the killing was a marital dispute.

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