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Libya’s deputy industry minister was assassinated by gunmen as he drove home from shopping in the coastal city of Sirte late on Saturday. Officials blame the attack security officials blamed on hardline Islamist militants.

Libya is still plagued by widespread violence and targeted killings two years after the civil war ousted Muammar Gaddafi. Militants, militia gunmen and former rebels often resort to force to impose demands on the unstable government.

According to senior security official said asking not to be identified, the minister, Hassan al-Drowi, was shot several times.

“They opened fire from another car while he was driving, he was shot multiple times,” the official said. “Later, they found explosives attached to his car. The theory is, the bomb failed, so they shot him instead.”

The official placed blame on Islamist militants who have been trying to extend their influence in Sirte, which was last bastion of Gaddafi loyalists in the war, and the strongman ruler was killed there on October 20, 2011.