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General Khalifa Haftar: Libya bomb targets Benghazi home General Khalifa Haftar: Libya bomb targets Benghazi home
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A suicide bomb attack at the home of a rogue Libyan general - who has been leading an offensive against government-funded Islamist militia - has killed at least three people. A suicide bomb attack at the home of a rogue Libyan general - who has been leading an offensive against government-funded Islamist militia - has killed four people.
General Khalifa Haftar, an army chief-of-staff under Col Muammar Gaddafi, survived the blast in the city of Benghazi, officials say. General Khalifa Haftar, an army chief-of-staff under Col Muammar Gaddafi, survived the blast near the city of Benghazi, officials say.
Several people were wounded.Several people were wounded.
Benghazi is at the centre of a two-week long campaign by Gen Haftar's forces against Islamist armed groups. Gen Haftar's forces have been waging a campaign against Islamist armed groups in Benghazi for almost three weeks.
Gen Haftar accuses the government of supporting terrorism, which the authorities deny. Farmhouse
Loyalists He accuses the government of supporting terrorism, which the authorities deny.
His actions have been backed by an array of groups, including military forces in the east as well as some members of the air force.His actions have been backed by an array of groups, including military forces in the east as well as some members of the air force.
Gen Haftar's spokesman, Col Mohamed Hijazi, said the general was not hurt in Wednesday's attack, but military officials told the Associated Press he was wounded and taken to a Benghazi hospital. A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives to the home of the renegade general on Wednesday.
A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives to the home of the former general, his officials say. General Sager Al-Jarushi, a senior commander allied to Gen Haftar, told the BBC that four of his guards were killed in the attack, which took place at a farmhouse in the town of Abyar, about 60km (37 miles) east of Benghazi.
Some 18 people died in fierce clashes between Gen Haftar's forces and Islamist fighters in Benghazi on Monday. "A Toyota Chrysler packed with explosives approached the outside gate... they were stopped by the guards and the car exploded," he said.
Gen Haftar was unharmed, according to the commander.
This is the first assassination attempt against the general since the launch of an offensive against hardline Islamists militias nearly three weeks ago, says the BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli.
Some 20 people died in fierce clashes between Gen Haftar's forces and Islamist fighters in Benghazi on Monday.
The groups being targeted by Gen Haftar's forces are the Ansar al-Sharia Islamist militia and the February 17 brigade, which fought against Gaddafi in 2011.The groups being targeted by Gen Haftar's forces are the Ansar al-Sharia Islamist militia and the February 17 brigade, which fought against Gaddafi in 2011.
No group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack.
Libya is still in turmoil three years after the fall of Gaddafi - with political, religious and political factions locked in disagreement about the country's future.Libya is still in turmoil three years after the fall of Gaddafi - with political, religious and political factions locked in disagreement about the country's future.