Twin car bomb in Benghazi kills over 30, wounds 50 people: Officials

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Two car bombs in the east of Libya’s Benghazi city on Tuesday killed over 33 people and wounded dozens more, including senior security figures, officials reported.

The first explosion took place outside a mosque in the district of al-Salmani as worshippers were leaving the evening prayers, an eyewitness said.

The second car bomb went off 15 minutes after security and health teams had arrived on the site of the explosion. The second blast originated from a Mercedes parked across the street and targeted an ambulance, increasing the number of casualties, security said.

Ahmed al-Feitouri from the investigation and arrest unit, along with a senior intelligence official, Mahdi al-Fellah, were among the dead and 50 more people were wounded, officials said.

Many civilians fell victim to the twin bombings, among them an Egyptian national working in a vegetable shop in front of the mosque. The death toll could rise as some of the wounded remain in critical condition, health officials added.

So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The bombings were reminiscent of the ones carried out by the Islamic State (IS).

Editing by Nadia Riva