Tripoli, Aug 11 (IANS) A car bomb explosion has killed two UN officials in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, according to a source.
"Two of the staff of the UN Mission were killed and another was injured in a car bomb explosion, as a convoy of UN vehicles was passing in front of a local mall in Hawari neighbourhood of Benghazi," the source told Xinhua news agency.
"The explosion also injured eight civilians, all of whom are Libyans," the source said.
Last month, a car bomb explosion hit a funeral of a former army official in Benghazi, killing four people and injuring more than 30 others.
Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, is controlled by the east-based army, which is currently engaged in a deadly armed conflict against the UN-backed government over the control of the capital Tripoli.
Libya has been mired in conflicts and chaos ever since the fall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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