At Least 65 Killed in Attack on Police Training Center in Libya's Zliten
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Up to 65 people are reported to have been killed in an apparent suicide bomb attack on a military training center in western Libya.
The UN has condemned the attack in the town of Zliten, where the town’s mayor said a truck exploded as hundreds of recruits gathered near the gates.
Four local hospitals reportedly declared emergencies due to the large number of casualties from the attack, which came amid intense clashes between ISIL fighters and Libyan security forces some 450km away at central oil ports.
The casualties from the training center included a number of civilians, some of whom were being treated in the nearby city of Misrata, according to Reuters.
Martin Kobler, the UN’s special representative to Libya, tweeted: “I condemn in the strongest terms today's deadly suicide attack in Zliten, call on all Libyans to urgently unite in fight against terrorism.”
