TRIPOLI — Interior Minister Ashour Shuwail has been sent by Prime Minister Ali Zidan to Benghazi Monday evening to head the investigation into the car bomb outside the city's Al-Jalaa Hospital which, according to officials, killed three people. He is accompanied by a number of other ministers. Locals put the figure at between 13 and 17, with 20 injured. The head of the General National Congress, Mohamed Magarief, meanwhile, announced that Tuesday's session was suspended to enable members representing Benghazi and others to attend the funeral. The bomb blast was described by Ali Zidan as a “criminal act” aimed at destabilizing Libya at a time when the political situation was fragile. He called on Libyans to stand united alongside the government and Congress to overcome the challenges. Hundreds of angry Benghazi people demonstrated Monday, condemning the blast as a terrorist attack aimed at destroying security and life in the city. There was a demonstration too in Tripoli's Algeria Square. Protesters carried placards saying “Where is the Libyan army?” and “With our souls and blood, we will defend you, Benghazi”. In Benghazi, army units have been ordered by the Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yousef Mangoush to patrol the streets in support of Interior Ministry's security units. A General Staff statement said that the army would work together with the Interior Ministry to try and capture the perpetrators of the attack. — Libya Herald
