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Libya car bomb: Benghazi army base hit by deadly attack | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
A car bomb at a military academy has left at least eight soldiers dead in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, medical sources say. | |
The attack targeted soldiers leaving a graduation ceremony. More than a dozen people were reported to be wounded. | |
A second car bomb later exploded elsewhere in Benghazi, killing one person. | |
Benghazi was the cradle of the 2011 uprising that toppled the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi. | |
But since then it has been a focal point for attacks on public institutions and officials. | |
The government called the academy bombing a "terrorist act" and declared three days of mourning. | |
No group has said it carried out the bombing but Libyan security forces have long been battling Islamist militants in the city. | |
Benghazi is the largest city in eastern Libya, where some groups want more autonomy and a greater share of the region's oil wealth. | |
In the past year none of the assassinations or bombings in Libya have been claimed by any group, and there has been no admission to Monday's attack. |