Bomb hits prosecutor's office in Libya's Benghazi

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BENGHAZI, Libya: An improvised bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the public prosecutor in the Libyan city of Benghazi causing material damage but no fatalities, a security source said Monday. "Initial evidence suggests the device was a suitcase packed with high yield explosives (TNT)," an investigator at the scene told AFP, adding that there were no casualties. The overnight blast marked the third attack on the site in 2012, he said. It damaged the front of the recently renovated building, which once held the people's court, a special tribunal created by the former regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi to crack down on opponents, particularly Islamists. The bomb also punched a hole in the ground and shattered the glass of adjacent vehicles and properties. December marked a tumultuous month for Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled the Gaddafi regime...

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