At least 47 people have been killed by a truck bomb targeting a police training centre in the western Libyan city of Zliten, reports say.
Media in Libya said the attack struck the al-Jahfal training camp.
The camp was a military base during the rule of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
In a separate attack, a suicide bomber killed six people at the entrance to Ras Lanuf, a major oil port in northern Libya.
One of those killed was a 16-month-old child, according to Osama al-Hodeiri, a spokesman for the security forces that guard the oil facilities.
“A driver in a Toyota Land Cruiser blew himself up at a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Ras Lanuf,” he said, adding that three guards had also been killed.
Libya has been hit by instability since Gaddafi’s overthrow and killing in 2011, and there is concern the so-called Islamic State (IS) group is gaining a foothold there.
The country has been run by two governments – only one of which is recognised by the international community.
A spokesman for the ministry of health of the rival government based in the capital, Tripoli, told the BBC that 47 people were killed and more than 100 people were injured in the first attack, which was reportedly heard 60km (40 miles) away in Misrata.
Other news agencies have put the death toll at 50. BBC
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