Tripoli_ A car bomb attack against a police academy in Libya city of Zilten, at about 150 kilometers East of Tripoli, killed dozens and wounded, Prensa Latina publishes.

According to the local security sources, suddenly is impossible to offer a definitive figure for the number of victims, although preliminary count pointed out more than 45.

The car bomb, allegedly driven by a suicide bomber, crashed into the entrance of the facility, where members of the coast guard receive training.

So far no organization has claimed responsibility for the attack.

T he day before, an attack of the Islamic State caused a massive fire in five oil tanks in two crude oil terminals in the cities of Sirte and Benghazi.

According to officials of the Petroleum Facilities Guards Company, each of the fuel tanks, which remain burning stored between 420,000 and 460,000 barrels.

Since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 by a civil war in which mercenaries from various Arab nations participated, supported by bombings of Western countries, Libya is submerged into a situation of political and social chaos.

Taking advantage of this situation, Muslim extremist groups such as Islamic State and Al Qaeda (in the Maghreb) control several parts of the country.

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