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Car bombs kill at least eight in Benghazi

2014-03-17 111 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Several car bombs exploded at a Libyan army academy in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday (March 17), killing at least eight people and wounding more than a dozen, hospital sources and a security official said.<br/> <br />Instability in the eastern Libyan city is just part of the struggle a weak central government faces in controlling armed groups, militias and brigades of former rebels who once battled Muammar Gaddafi and now refuse to disarm.<br/> <br />A first bomb exploded at the academy's front gate as people were leaving a graduation ceremony, security officials said. One or two other bombs exploded almost at the same time, wounding at least 13 people.<br/> <br />No group claimed responsibility for the bombing in Benghazi, where Libyan armed forces have been battling militants from hardline Islamist groups such as Ansar al Sharia, listed as a foreign terrorist organization by Washington.<br/> <br />Most countries have closed their consulates in Benghazi an

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