Alwaght- At least 33 people have been killed in Libya when when two car bombs eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday.
The first blast struck outside a mosque in Benghazi’s central Al Salmani district as worshippers were leaving evening prayers, Reuters reported.
According to the news agency, some 10 to 15 minutes later, after security and health officials had arrived on the scene, a second, more powerful blast was detonated from a Mercedes parked on the opposite side of the street, hitting an ambulance and causing a higher number of casualties.
One of those killed was Ahmed al-Feitouri of the investigation and arrest unit attached to the general command of east Libyan security forces. A senior intelligence official, Mahdi al-Fellah, was among around 50 wounded, officials said.
The victims also included civilians, among them an Egyptian national employed in a vegetable shop in front of the mosque. Health officials said the toll could rise because some of the wounded were in critical condition.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible.
The twin explosions shattered the relative calm that had recently returned to the country's second city, scene of more than three years of warfare from 2014 until late last year.
