Benghazi: A car bomb exploded yesterday near a mosque in Libya's second city of Benghazi, wounding 12 people including a former interior minister, medical and security sources said.
Ashour Shwayel, who served as interior minister in the government of former prime minister Ali Zeidan, and his son were seriously hurt in the blast, said the spokeswoman of Al Jala hospital, Fadia Al Barghati. A security source said the blast was caused by an explosive device placed inside a car parked near Abu Houraira mosque in the central Al Majouri neighbourhood of the eastern coastal city.
