BENGHAZI — A car bomb exploded at a police station in Libya’s second city Benghazi late Wednesday, June 11, leaving the suicide bomber dead and five police officers injured, security officials said.

“A suicide attack took place Wednesday evening at the Berses post and, according to preliminary information, there are a number of victims of the explosion,” local security service spokesman Ibrahim Al-Sharaa said.

Later, station commander Suleiman Al-Agouri confirmed the death of the unknown bomber and said five of his officers had been injured.

He added that there had been a large amount of explosives in the car.

“The explosion created a big crater,” he said.

Police officer Khaled Al-Agouri said the attack happened when the suicide bomber “drove a refrigerated lorry which he exploded upon arrival at the post.”

He added that one of the officers had lost a leg in the blast.

It was the second suicide attack against the police station in the western Libyan city. An attack there last December left 13 people dead.

Last month, former general and long-time U.S. exile Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive in Benghazi dubbed “Operation Dignity,” aimed at eradicating jihadist “terrorists.”

Haftar has been branded an “outlaw” by Libya’s interim authorities, while his Islamist detractors have accused him of leading a coup — a claim he denies.