Three children from one family have died while the fourth sibling and mother were admitted to hospital as a result of chemical asphyxiation.

The suffocation was reported to be caused by an insecticide, from a neighboring flat in the Al-Wahaishi area in Benghazi.

According to local sources, the three children killed were boys aged between two months and eight years, while their five-year-old sister has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit.

The mother is also being treated at the Benghazi Medical Center, the source added.

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