Suspected Islamic extremists destroyed a centuries-old shrine in the Libyan capital on Wednesday [26 November], but the tomb inside withstood the attack, witnesses said. The explosives were placed around the mausoleum of Murad Agha, the first Ottoman governor of Tripoli, who ruled from 1551-1553. The shrine is attached to a mosque of the same name, which did not appear to have been damaged.

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The Al-Andalusi mausoleum in Tajura area, one of the major Sufi shrines in Libya, was destroyed early this morning, Thursday [March 28th], in a bomb attack that is being blamed on Salafists. An eye-witness, who was at work nearby, told the Libya Herald that he heard three “very loud” explosions around 4 am. He said that he did not see any one near the shrine at the time of the bombing.

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