<p align="justify" class="title">Twin car bombs outside a mosque frequented by jihadist opponents in Libya's second city Benghazi killed at least 34 people and wounded 87, hospital sources said today.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The eastern city has been relatively calm since military strongman Khalifa Haftar announced its "liberation" from jihadists in July last year after a three-year campaign, but sporadic violence has continued.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The bombers struck after evening prayers on Tuesday, blowing up two cars 30 minutes apart outside the mosque in the central neighbourhood of Al-Sleimani.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the mosque is known to be a base for Salafist groups which fought the jihadists alongside Haftar's forces.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The city's Al-Jala hospital received 25 dead and 51 wounded, its spokeswoman Fadia al-Barghathi said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Benghazi Medical Centre received nine dead and 36 wounded, spokesman Khalil Gider said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Ahmad al-Fituri, a security official for Haftar's forces, was among those killed, military spokesman Miloud al-Zwei said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Libya has been gripped by chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, with two rival administrations and multiple militias vying for control of the oil-rich country.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Haftar supports an administration based in the east of the country. A UN-backed unity government based in the capital Tripoli has struggled to assert its authority outside the west.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">UN efforts to reconcile the rival administrations have so far produced no concrete result.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Twin car bombs outside a mosque frequented by jihadist opponents in Libya's second city Benghazi killed at least 34 people and wounded 87, hospital sources said today.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The eastern city has been relatively calm since military strongman Khalifa Haftar announced its "liberation" from jihadists in July last year after a three-year campaign, but sporadic violence has continued.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The bombers struck after evening prayers on Tuesday, blowing up two cars 30 minutes apart outside the mosque in the central neighbourhood of Al-Sleimani.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the mosque is known to be a base for Salafist groups which fought the jihadists alongside Haftar's forces.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The city's Al-Jala hospital received 25 dead and 51 wounded, its spokeswoman Fadia al-Barghathi said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Benghazi Medical Centre received nine dead and 36 wounded, spokesman Khalil Gider said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Ahmad al-Fituri, a security official for Haftar's forces, was among those killed, military spokesman Miloud al-Zwei said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Libya has been gripped by chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, with two rival administrations and multiple militias vying for control of the oil-rich country.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Haftar supports an administration based in the east of the country. A UN-backed unity government based in the capital Tripoli has struggled to assert its authority outside the west.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">UN efforts to reconcile the rival administrations have so far produced no concrete result.</p>