Blast wounds six school children in Libya

BENGHAZI (AFP) – A blast rocked a primary school
in Libya’s restive second city Benghazi during
playtime on Wednesday, wounding six children,
security and medical officials said.
The blast was caused by an explosive device
thrown over the exterior wall of the school as the
children were playing, said Fadia al-Barghathi,
spokeswoman for Benghazi’s Al-Jala hospital.
Benghazi, the cradle of the 2011 NATO-backed
uprising that toppled Moamer Kadhafi, has seen
near-daily attacks on security and other targets in
recent months as the weak central government has
tried to rein in former rebel brigades turned militias.