At least two people were killed and seven wounded in a nighttime car bomb attack targeting a security chief in the eastern libyan city of Benghazi, a news agency and medical sources said today.
lANA news agency, based in the country’s east, said a vehicle exploded at around 2:00 AM (0530 IST) in a western suburb of Benghazi as a convoy of cars drove up carrying the chief of a forensic police unit.
The two dead were in the convoy, it said, while civilians were among the wounded.
A military source said the official, Hamada al-Ramli, escaped unhurt.
“We have received seven wounded in the explosion, some in serious condition,” Khalil Goueder, a spokesman for the Benghazi Medical Centre, told AFP.
Benghazi, the country’s second city, located 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from Tripoli, has for the past two years been the scene of clashes between Islamists and forces loyal to a government based in eastern libya.
The Mediterranean city is plagued by frequent car bombings.