[BBC] A car bomb explosion near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi has killed several people, officials say.Defence ministry official in Benghazi Saleh al-Bargathi said nine people died, including two children. However, other sources spoke of three deaths. Mr Bargathi told the BBC that nine people had been killed and another 17 wounded in the Benghazi blast.
Explosives were placed in a grey Toyota car, he said.
However, in Tripoli, Interior Minister Ashour Shwayel told a Libyan TV channel that the number of fatalities was two or three.
The explosion happened in the Jalaa hospital car park, according to AFP news agency. It quoted Libyan Deputy Interior Minister Abdullah Massoud as saying that the bomb had "totally destroyed a restaurant and seriously damaged nearby buildings".
So far no group has claimed responsibility for Monday's attack in Benghazi, which is regarded as the cradle of the revolution that ousted Gaddafi in 2011.