A leader of ISIS group who allegedly planned and sponsored three deadly attacks in the Libyan capital Tripoli in 2018 has been captured, the country's prime minister said Thursday.
"Our forces apprehended on Tuesday a leader of the terrorist organization ISIS, involved in the planning and command of terrorist acts that targeted the institutions of our country and their fallen officials," Abdelhamid Dbeibah, head of the United Nations-supported Libyan government, said during a live television broadcast.
The government's media office offered no further details on the identity or nationality of the militant, who was arrested in a joint military operation.
Dbeibah also renewed his government's commitment to "combat terrorism in all its forms", to "prosecute anyone involved" in terrorist acts, and to "strengthen stability throughout the country".
On May 2, 2018, 14 people were killed in a suicide attack claimed by ISIS on the headquarters of the Libyan High Electoral Commission in Tripoli.
On September 10, 2018, a suicide attack by the militant group against the headquarters of the Libyan National Oil Company in the capital killed two and wounded 10 company staff.
On December 25, 2018, three people, including a Libyan diplomat, were killed in an attack claimed by ISIS against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
