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Libya's premier Thinni says he survived assassination attempt


    TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's official premier Abdullah al-Thinni said he survived an assassination attempt after leaving a parliamentary session on Tuesday in the eastern city of Tobruk.

    "Thank God, we managed to escape," he told pan-Arab news channel al-Arabiya.

    (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Janet Lawrence)