Libyan jet crashes in Tobruk near parliament

The jet was said to be flying at a low altitude before crashing

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A Libyan military jet has crashed in the eastern city of Tobruk, causing a huge inferno and killing a child and at least two other people, officials say.

The jet hit a block of flats near the new parliamentary building after developing a "technical fault", a security official said.
The jet was controlled by forces loyal to ex-General Khalifa Haftar who have been battling Islamist militias.
The Islamist-linked Libya Dawn group seized the capital, Tripoli, last week.
Parliament had earlier relocated to Tobruk, more than 1,000km (620 miles) away, because of the deteriorating security situation in Tripoli.
Witnesses said the jet was flying at a low altitude and smoke was billowing out of its engine before it crashed into an apartment block and burst into flames, the AFP news agency reports.