BENGHAZI: A soldier was killed by a mine in the Libyan city of Benghazi and 16 people were wounded in clashes at a prison in a separate incident, security sources said on Sunday.

The Libyan soldier was killed and another was wounded when a mine hidden in a trash bag exploded near an army checkpoint in Benghazi late on Saturday, a security source said.

In the jail violence, a group of inmates overwhelmed a guard in Kuafiya prison — Benghazi’s biggest — early on Sunday and stole his keys, another security source said. The prisoners then roamed around the building and started a fire. The source said 15 prisoners were wounded during clashes with guards trying to restore order.