Red Cross closes down Libyan office after it was attacked with heavy weapons

(Tripoli) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday it was suspending its aid activities in the Libyan towns of Misrata and Benghazi after what it said was a deliberate attack on its Misrata office with heavy weapons.

It was the fifth time in less than three months that violence was directed against the independent aid agency in Libya.