Tripoli, January 7 (RHC)-- At least 65 people have been killed in a truck bomb attack that struck a police training center in Libya’s northwestern city of Zliten.

The powerful explosion took place in Zliten, situated about 160 kilometers east of the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday as a truck rigged with explosives crashed into the center, where hundreds of recruits had gathered. The attack is also believed to have wounded 127 others.

No individual or militant group has claimed responsibility for the act of violence.

The development came only a day after skirmishes between Daesh terrorists and guards near Libya’s major Es Sider and Ras Lanuf oil ports caused a fire that later spread to five oil storage tanks, and set them ablaze.

Ali al-Hassi, a spokesman for the Petroleum Facilities Guards, said Daesh Takfiris failed to seize control of the two oil ports, adding that at least ten guards were killed and dozens of others injured in the fighting.