Car bomb kills 22 injures 20 in Libya’s Benghazi

At least twenty-two people have been killed and twenty more injured in a car bombing attack that targeted security forces in Libya’s Benghazi.

The blast targeted a gathering of a unit of General Khalifa Haftar's forces in a residential area in the Guwarsha district, medical and military officials said on Tuesday.

Benghazi has witnessed fierce battles in the past two years between pro-government troops led by Haftar and armed militias, including Takfiri groups such as Daesh and the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Sharia.

Libya has been struggling to contain Takfiri terrorists, who have been expanding their presence in the country following the overthrow and death of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

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