Al Qubbah bombings

The al Qubbah bombings occurred in Al Qubbah, Libya on February 20, 2015.

Al Qubbah bombings
Part of Second Libyan Civil War
Location	Al Qubbah, Libya
Coordinates	32.4600°N 22.1500°E / 32.4600; 22.1500
Date	20 February 2015
Attack type	Bombing
Weapons	Three bombs
Deaths	40[1]
Perpetrators	Islamic State in Libya

Events

Operatives loyal to the Islamic State group detonated three bombs in al-Qubbah, targeting a petrol station, a police station, and the home of President of the Libyan House of Representatives since 5 August 2014 (and effectively the country's parliamentary speaker) Aguila Saleh Issa.^[1] These attacks reportedly killed at least 40 people.^[1] Six Egyptians were identified among the fatalities, whose bodies were repatriated to Egypt via the Sallum border crossing.^[2]

ISIL said that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for the February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya.^[3] The Egyptian Air Force had launched strikes following the kidnapping and beheading of 21 Copts in Libya in February 2015.

The U.S. State Department,^[4] the Misrata Municipality,^[5] and General National Congress (Libya Dawn)^[6] condemned the attacks.