Blast rips through Libyan military intelligence HQ

An explosion believed to have been caused by a bomb ripped through the military intelligence building in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday.

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Wednesday, 01.08.2012.

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TRIPOLI An explosion believed to have been caused by a bomb ripped through the military intelligence building in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday. The explosion caused damage to the structure and nearby homes but no injuries, AP has reported. Blast rips through Libyan military intelligence HQ The blast took place hours after gunmen stormed a jail in Benghazi and freed Islamist militant Salem al-Obeidi, the suspected killer of former rebel chief Abdel-Fattah Younis, according to a security official. Younis served as former leader Muammar Gaddafi's interior minister until he joined the anti-regime uprising last year. He was killed in July 2011. The blast and the raid on the city's jail underline Libya's tenuous security situation nearly a year after the ouster of Gaddafi, AP says. Former rebels have refused to lay down their arms and operate as the de facto government in many parts of the vast Arab nation. Benghazi is the birthplace of the Libyan uprising that led to Gaddafi's ouster and served as the rebellion's capital throughout the months of civil war that ended with the dictator's capture and death last October, AP points out. Tanjug

Blast rips through Libyan military intelligence HQ

The blast took place hours after gunmen stormed a jail in Benghazi and freed Islamist militant Salem al-Obeidi, the suspected killer of former rebel chief Abdel-Fattah Younis, according to a security official.

Younis served as former leader Muammar Gaddafi's interior minister until he joined the anti-regime uprising last year. He was killed in July 2011.

The blast and the raid on the city's jail underline Libya's tenuous security situation nearly a year after the ouster of Gaddafi, AP says.

Former rebels have refused to lay down their arms and operate as the de facto government in many parts of the vast Arab nation.

Benghazi is the birthplace of the Libyan uprising that led to Gaddafi's ouster and served as the rebellion's capital throughout the months of civil war that ended with the dictator's capture and death last October, AP points out.

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