(Eagle News)–No Filipino was injured in a car bomb attack outside a shopping mall in Benghazi, Libya, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday, Aug. 11.
The DFA said the Embassy is, however, still monitoring the situation.
It advised Filipinos in the area to avoid unnecessary travel for the moment and exercise caution.
The car bomb attack in Libya’s eastern city on Saturday killed several people.
“Two members of the UN mission, one them a foreigner, were killed and at least eight others wounded including a child, by a car bomb” in a shopping area of the Al-Hawari district, a security official said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which happened as a UN convoy was passing through the area. With a report from Agence France Presse
