Libya’s Minister of State for the Affairs of the President of the Government of National Unity, Adel Juma, has been injured in Tripoli after his car was hit by a hail of bullets.

A Libyan source has confirmed that Libya’s Minister of State for the Affairs of the President of the Government of National Unity, Adel Juma, has been shot twice in the legs after his car was hit by a hail of bullets on the highway in the capital Tripoli as he was leaving the village of Palm City.

There have been no official statements from the unity government or security authorities about the circumstances of the incident or the identity of the perpetrator. The area is on heightened security alert as officials try to establish the details of the incident.