By Jamal Adel.
Tripoli, 7 June 2014:
The Tobacts hotel in Tripoli’s Shara Omar Mukhtar, owned by Prime Minister-designate Ahmed Maetig, was attacked . . .[restrict]this morning.
Armed men assaulted the Tobacts hotel at dawn,” Maetig’s spokesman, Nidal Armeda told the Libya Herald. The unknown attackers were thought to have used grenades, he said.
“The attack resulted in minor damage to the building but there were no casualties,” he said, adding that residents had been terrified.
It is thought that the crime was politically-motivated and carried out specifically because of Maetig’s appointment as Prime Minister by the General National Congress.
Meanwhile, Armeda also denied reports that a second Maetig cabinet member – Economy Minister Fathi Amar Wanis – had resigned.
“I refute these allegations,” he said. “The Minister of Economy hasn’t resigned. Wanis is still carrying out his duties.” [/restrict]
