Car bomb explodes outside Libyan parliament in Tobruk

A car bomb exploded on Tuesday near a hotel where Libyan parliament was in session in the eastern city of Tobruk, the parliament's spokesman said.

Farraj Hashem, a spokesman for the House of Representatives, announced that a car bomb exploded near the rear gate of the Dar Al-Salam Hotel in the city of Tobruk, where the temporary headquarters of the Libyan Parliament is located, while the parliament was in a meeting on the ground floor.

"The impact of the blast was limited. The glass of the front of the hotel building and nearby buildings shattered," Hashem said. Witnesses confirmed some passers-by were wounded.

Hashem stressed that the parliament will not be discouraged by this action and will continue to work for the salvation of Libya from such terrorist acts.

No one has yet claimed responsibility, but Islamists are suspected. The blast comes after the Islamic State (IS) in the eastern city of Derna published a video clip in their website, adopting a double bomb of Labraq International Airport in eastern Libya with Grad rockets on Monday.

According to the interim constitutional declaration, Libyan permanent headquarters of the parliament is in the city of Benghazi.

However, the parliament in August decided to hold its meetings in Tobruk as clashes and fighting between conflicting factions in Benghazi and Tripoli made it impossible for a parliamentary session.

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