AlHijjah 09, 1435, October 03, 2014, SPA -- The death toll in clashes and suicide attacks in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has risen to 36, local media reported Friday, according to dpa. Libyan news site Al-Wasat quoted an unnamed military source as saying that 36 army troops were killed when suicide bombers in three explosives-rigged cars blew themselves up at Benina Airport. The airport, on the outskirts of the city, is the last stronghold of forces loyal to retired general Khalifa Haftar, who in May launched an offensive against militias in Benghazi. The report quoted a medical source in Marj Hospital as saying that the hospital had received 31 bodies after the clashes as well as 107 wounded people.
