The British embassy has stopped work in Libya until further notice, following the bombing of the French embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli earlier on Tuesday.
The mission will stay closed for the coming days, Xinhua quoted an embassy staff requesting anonymity as saying.
The bomb tore through the exterior wall of the embassy and ruined part of the building leaving at least two people injured and wrecking two vehicles parked nearby.
Other foreign embassies in Tripoli are reportedly working but the British have good reasons to think that the blast could next target them.
The French and the British forces spearheaded the US-backed military intervention in Libya that toppled former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Last year, the US consulate in Benghazi in eastern Libya was attacked, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and two of his guards.
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