Several armed men attacked the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in the Libyan capital and several blasts could be heard, witnesses said. Gunfire could be heard as a security force allied to the Tripoli-based government arrived at the landmark building located in central Tripoli. The NOC building is covered mainly in glass, and a witness said several people had been wounded by shattered windows. A member of staff from a hotel next to the NOC offices said he had heard about five blasts. In May, fighters affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group claimed a deadly attack on the national election commission offices in Tripoli.

Source: Libya Today September 10, 2018 09:00 UTC