Libyan oil giant shrugs off fatal attack
All the attackers are killed, and security forces take control of the National Oil Corporation's headquarters
Cairo/ Dubai — Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) will carry out operations as usual across the country after security forces quashed a deadly attack on the state company’s headquarters in Tripoli, the NOC’s chair said. All the attackers were killed, and security forces are now in control of the headquarters of the NOC, the most important revenue-generating government institution and a rare embodiment of unity in the divided country. Two employees were killed and at least 10 people injured, said Wissam Al-Messmari, a manager for the Petroleum Facilities Guard. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. "The NOC will not be affected by such actions and we are determined to carry out our mission," said NOC chair Mustaffa Sanalla. "We will continue with our job and our production normally." The attackers struck a stunning, if symbolic, blow against one of the few national institutions in Libya to have endured more than seven years of conflict and chaos after the ouster of former...
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