PARIS, April 23 (Xinhua)
-- French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
on Tuesday denounced the violent
assault on French diplomatic mission
in Tripoli and expressed Paris
firmness to carry out its fight
against terrorism.
"This attack
could be a slaughter. This attack
was made to kill but France
will not yield to terrorist menaces,"
Fabius said in a brief press
meeting.
"This attack targets
not only France but all the
countries that are fighting terrorist
groups," he added before heading to
Libya.
The French embassy in
the Libyan capital was hit by a
car bomb early on Tuesday, wounding
two French guards and causing heavy
damage to the building.
Paris
ordered to close French school and
its cultural center in Tripoli and
reinforced security measures already in
place in the region, according to
the French top diplomat.
In
a separate statement, Fabius said that
"in liaison with the Libyan
authorities, government departments will make
every effort to establish the
circumstances of this odious act and
rapidly identify the
perpetrators."
France has been
the target of terrorist groups' attack
following its military commitment mainly
in Afghanistan and in Mali. A
total of 14 French nationals are now
in hands of al Qaeda-linked groups
in the Sahel region.
The
calm in Paris was broken in 1995
with a major bomb in the
capital subway that killed eight
people and injured 200.
（Editor：HuangBeibei、Liang
Jun）
