Gunmen attack South Korea embassy in Tripoli, two guards killed

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Unidentified gunmen fired shots at the South Korean embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday killing two local security guards, South Korean and Libyan officials said. Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind the attack, according to a statement on social media. The gunmen fired from a car at the embassy compound, killing two security officers who were Libyan government employees and wounding another, Tripoli security spokesman Essam Naas said. A South Korean foreign ministry official in Seoul said the embassy was staffed by two foreign service officials and one administrative staff member.

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