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| At least nine people have been killed in a car bomb explosion near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi, an official has told the BBC. | At least nine people have been killed in a car bomb explosion near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi, an official has told the BBC. |
| "I saw people running and some of them were collecting parts of bodies," a witness said. | "I saw people running and some of them were collecting parts of bodies," a witness said. |
| This follows a string of bombings in the eastern city in recent days. | |
| Security remains precarious in Libya since the uprising against long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi, with protests by militias and attacks by Islamists. | |
| At the end of April, a car bomb exploded outside the French embassy in the capital, Tripoli, wounding two French guards and several residents. | |
| Defence ministry official Saleh al-Bargathi says at least 17 people were wounded in the Benghazi car bombing. | |
| Two of the dead were children, he said. | |
| The blast occurred in the Jalaa hospital car park, the AFP news agency reports. |