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ISIS militants claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a police station in the Libyan capital Thursday in a statement posted on Twitter along with photographs of the scene, Reuters reported.

A bomb placed under a police car close to the Foreign Ministry in central Tripoli caused damage, local security spokesman Essam Naas said, and one officer was slightly wounded.

Militants loyal to ISIS, the group that controls much of Syria and Iraq, have been exploiting the chaos in Libya where two governments allied to armed factions are vying for power four years after the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi.

Groups of Islamist militants, who have declared loyalty to ISIS over the last six months, have claimed responsibility for several high-profile attacks in what appears to be an intensifying campaign.

They claimed responsibility for an attack on the Corinthia luxury hotel in Tripoli in January, which killed five foreigners and at least four Libyans and killed a group in Egyptian Copts in the central city of Sirte, triggering air strikes by Egypt.