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Diplomats in Libya have confirmed a Russian woman sparked an attack on her country’s embassy in Tripoli. A former weight lifter, she had been in Libya since 2011 after heading there to fight on the side of Muammar Gaddafi in the civil war.
Russian officials say the alleged killing of a Libyan Air Force pilot and his mother by 24-year-old Ekaterina Ustyuzhaninova triggered the embassy attack. Diplomatic staff and their families have now left the country for their own safety.