15 killed as bomb targets Libyan police recruits

15 killed as bomb targets Libya

Last updated: January 7, 2016

Zliten, Libya (BBN)-At least 15 people have died after a bomb targeted a police training centre in the western Libyan city of Zliten, reports say.
Media in Libya said the attack struck the al-Jahfal training camp, reports BBC.
The training centre had been a military base during the rule of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya has been hit by instability since his overthrow in 2011, and there is concern Islamic State (IS) militants are gaining a foothold there.
The UN Special Representative to Libya, Martin Kobler, said that the blast was a suicide attack.
Libyan media said there were hundreds of recruits inside the centre when it was targeted.
Libya's al-Naba television network quoted the ministry of health of the rival rebel-led government as saying that a state of emergency had been declared, allowing hospitals in Tripoli and Misrata to receive the wounded.
In December, Libya's rival politicians signed a UN-brokered deal to form a unity government, but that has not yet been implemented.
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