The al Qubbah bombings occurred in
Al Qubbah
Al Qubbah or El Gubba ( ar, القبة) is a town in eastern Libya. Once capital of Quba District (Libya), Quba District.
It is the largest populated place between Derna, Libya, Derna, and Bayda, Libya, Bayda.
History
It was named after Giovanni ...
, Libya on February 20, 2015.
Events
Operatives loyal to the
Islamic State group
An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...
detonated three bombs in al-Qubbah, targeting a petrol station, a police station, and the home of President of the Libyan
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
since 5 August 2014 (and effectively the country's parliamentary speaker)
Aguila Saleh Issa
Aguila Saleh Issa ( ar, عقيلة صالح عيسى; born January 11, 1944) is a Libyan jurist and politician who is the Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives since 5 August 2014. He is also a representative of the town of Al Qubbah, in ...
.
These attacks reportedly killed at least 40 people.
Six Egyptians were identified among the fatalities in the attacks, and their bodies were repatriated to Egypt via the
Sallum
Sallum ( ar, السلوم, translit=as-Sallūm various transliterations include ''El Salloum'', ''As Sallum'' or ''Sollum'') is a harbourside village or town in Egypt. It is along the Egypt/Libyan short north–south aligned coast of the Mediterra ...
border crossing.
ISIL said that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for the
February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya
The February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya against Islamic State positions in Libya took place on 16 February 2015, and were triggered by a video released by ISIL in Libya a day earlier, depicting the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians from ...
. The Egyptian Air Force had launched strikes following the
kidnapping and beheading of 21 Copts in Libya in February 2015.
The U.S. State Department, the Misrata Municipality, and
New General National Congress
The General National Congress or General National Council (GNC; ar, المؤتمر الوطني العام, Berber: Agraw Amuran Amatay) was the legislative authority of Libya for two years following the end of the First Libyan Civil War. It w ...
(Libya Dawn)
condemned the attacks.
References
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