TRIPOLI: A truck bomb exploded in the western Libyan city of Zliten near a police base, killing at least 60 policemen and wounding 200 today, officials said.
No one claimed responsibility for the bombing, but a local Islamic State affiliate has been trying to gain a foothold in Zliten from its central stronghold of Sirte.
Rescue crews have only managed to extract 60 bodies out of the wreckage, a hospital spokesman, Moamar Kaddi, said.
Libyan officials said they believed there might be dozens more dead.
The base, where 400 police recruits were training, was used by the border police, a Zliten security official said. (AGENCIES)
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