DHAKA: A rocket hit the Libyan government’s head offices, where new prime minister Ahmed Miitig was to hold a cabinet meeting, causing damage but no casualties.

A Libyan official said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.

The projectile struck the third floor of the building near central Tripoli overnight, and an aide told reporters that Miitig was not in his office at the time.

Despite the attack, Miitig travelled to his offices on Wednesday to hold a meeting with his ministers, a journalist said.

Miitig, an independent backed by Islamists, had convened his first cabinet meeting on Monday despite the objections of outgoing premier Abdullah al-Thani, who refused to recognise his government.

BDST: 1954 HRS, JUNE 04, 2014