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Other events of 2016
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The following lists events that happened during
2016 in Libya
.
Incumbents
Aguila Saleh Issa
,
President of the Council of Deputies
, 5 August 2014-current
Abdullah al-Thani
, Prime Minister, 11 March 2014-current
Events
Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
The
Islamic State
seized control of
Bin Jawad
before militants in twelve vehicles attacked the city of
Sidra
, killing two
Petrol Facilities Guard
militants in a suicide bomb attack at a checkpoint on 4 January.
[1]
At least 65 people were killed on 7 January when a truck bomb
hit a police training center
in the Libyan town of
Zliten
.
[2]
Afriqiyah Airways Flight 209
is hijacked en route from
Sebha
to
Tripoli
and diverted to
Malta
.
[3]
See also
Libya portal
Timeline of Libyan history
References
^
"Libyan oil port of Sidra attacked by Islamic State"
. BBC News. 4 January 2016.
^
"Truck bomb kills nearly 50 at Libyan police academy"
.
Reuters
.
Archived
from the original on 2023-06-16.
^
"Libyan plane hijack: Two hijackers 'with grenades threaten to blow up' Afriqiyah Airways flight in Malta"
.
The Daily Telegraph
. 23 December 2016
. Retrieved
23 December
2016
.
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2016 in Africa
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