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[14 February 2014] -
A bomb attack was witnessed in Libya on fifth February in a Benghazi school. The witnesses say the grenade was thrown over a wall into a private school in the Tabilinu area during a break from lessons.
Benghazi has witnessed a series of bomb attacks and assassinations within the past year, but attacks on schools are rare.
It is not yet known who is responsible for the attack.
A Benghazi resident told the BBC that a family member had seen a man rip out the grenade pin with his mouth.
He then threw it into the school before escaping in a low black car with tinted windows, the eyewitness said.
People were running and screaming after the blast, the resident said.
The attack was carried out just before 11:00 local time (09:00 GMT), while the children were outside playing.
A Benghazi security official said the explosion was "weak" and that police were currently looking for the perpetrators.
Benghazi was the cradle of the 2011 uprising that toppled the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi.
But since then it has been a focal point for attacks on public institutions and officials.