ZAWIYA, Oct. 19 -- No official statement had explained what set off the mortar shell that killed at least eight people at a camp in this western Libyan city on Sunday evening, Xinhua reported. Eight others were injured in the Al-Harsha area, about 60 km west of Tripoli, the agency said, citing local media.

The camp is affiliated with the Security Threats Combatting Agency, local reports said, and Xinhua ties that agency to Mohammed Bahrun, widely known as "Al-Far," and to the Interior Ministry of Libya's Government of National Unity. As of writing, TEH found no statement on the blast from the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, which has warned about Zawiya since May.

Al-Ahrar TV, citing a medical source, said the dead and injured ...