“Several people were shot.”No claim of attack was immediately made as firefighters and ambulances arrived to treat wounded streaming out of the building. 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, Islamic State claimed a deadly attack on the national election commission offices in Tripoli. The group had also claimed an attack in 2015 on the Corinthia hotel, a landmark location in Tripoli.

Source: The Express Tribune September 10, 2018 09:11 UTC