In addition to those three factions , there are also smaller rival groups : the Islamist Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries , led by Ansar al-Sharia , which has had the support of the GNC and was defeated Conquering in Benghazi in 2017 ; the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 's ( ISIL 's ) Libyan provinces ; the Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna which expelled Removing ISIL from Derna in July 2015 and was later itself defeated Conquering in Derna by the Tobruk government in 2018 ; as well as many militias and armed groups , whose allegiances often change Change .

As of October 2012 , Indian Mujahideen , a terrorist group based in India , is suspected Suspicion to be behind the attacks Attack .

On 4 November 2013 , the National Investigation Criminal_investigation Agency announced Expressing_publicly that the Islamic terrorist Terrorism group Indian Mujahideen was responsible for the bombings Attack .

Subsequently , the Islamist militant group , Indian Mujahideen , claimed Statement responsibility Causation of the blast Attack , via email to Indian media .

Two little known groups , the Laskhar-e-Taiba Al Alami and the Mujahideen Islami Muslim Front , claimed Statement they were behind the bomb attack Attack .

But , according to government agencies , the attack Attack could have been part of a project by Lashkar-e-Taiba to use Using the Indian Mujahideen , called the Karachi project .