Car bomb near hospital kills 9, including 3 children, in eastern Libya city

TRIPOLI, Libya – A Libyan security official says a car bomb that exploded near a hospital has killed at least nine people, including three children, in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Abdel-Salam al-Barghathi says the car was parked outside a bakery near the city’s main hospital when Monday’s blast occurred. He says 13 people were also wounded in the blast.