January 2018 Benghazi bombing

The January 2018 Benghazi bombing was an attack with two car bombs on the Bayaat al-Radwan mosque in Benghazi, Libya.

The first car bomb exploded outside of the mosque, the second bomb detonated 15 minutes later as firefighters and security forces had responded to the first explosion.

[1][2][3] According to the Libya Observer, the mosque was attended by security forces; one official was reportedly killed in the bomb attack.

The twin explosions shattered the relative calm that had returned to Libya’s second city, which had been the scene of more than three years of warfare.

[5] No group claimed responsibility for the bombings.

The Bayat ar Redwan mosque in 2011 when it was built.