23 killed in car bombing in eastern Libya

Twenty-three people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide car bombing in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, according to a hospital official.

The official said that bodies are still arriving at the hospital in the aftermath of the bombing in the al-Qawarsha district on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday evening.

For the past two years, fighting has been raging in Benghazi between forces under the command of Brigadier General Khalifa Hifter and Islamic militias.

A coalition of Islamist militias called the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries, which includes the al Qaida affiliate known as Ansar al-Shariah, has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in a statement posted on its Twitter account.