Car bombs kill at least eight at Libya army academy in Benghazi

Men stand next to a car damaged after an explosion exploded outside a Libyan army base in the eastern city of Benghazi March 17, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A powerful car bomb attack targeted a military academy in Libya's eastern of city of Benghazi on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding more than a dozen, hospital and security officials said.

Instability in the eastern city is part of the struggle a weak central government faces in controlling armed groups, militias and brigades of former rebels who once battled Muammar Gaddafi and now refuse to disarm.