A car bombing on a busy commercial street in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi early on Friday killed at least seven people, including a girl, and wounded 20, a security official said. The blast, the latest to rock Libyas second-largest city, took place as the street behind hotel Tibesti, which is the citys largest, was full of people, said Spokesman for the Military and Police Forces in Benghazi. Capt. Tarek Alkharraz. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Footage that circulated online shortly after the explosion show a massive fire in the middle of the busy Abdel-Nasser Street. Plumes of heavy smoke are seen rising into the night sky as fire truck and ambulance sirens can be heard in the background. Other images show mangled and charred cars on the street, with scores of onlookers gathered around.
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