Two UN officials killed by car bomb in Libya's Benghazi

Two UN officials have been killed in an explosion near a busy shopping mall in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, just before the Eid al-Adha festival.

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The New Arab & agencies

10 August, 2019

The blast targeted UN officials near a busy Benghazi shopping mall [Twitter]

Libyan health officials say two UN security staff were killed when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded outside a shopping mall in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi.

Benghazi is the stronghold of the self-styled Libyan National Army, led by rogue Libyan General Khalifa Haftar.

The officials say the blast took place on Saturday outside Arkan Mall in the Hawari neighborhood, where people were gathering for shopping a day before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

The place is close to the offices of the UN Support Mission in Libya. Footage circulated online shows what appear to be burnt UN-owned vehicles, while thick smoke rising in the sky.

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The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

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