Three car bombs exploded Wednesday in Sebha, southern Libya, leaving at least one person dead, local officials said.

"Three car bombs exploded in three different districts within half an hour," local town council member Ayoub al-Zarrouk told AFP, saying there was at least one known fatality.

Libya's Lana news agency reported two people dead and 17 wounded.

A security official speaking on Libyan television said the first device went off near a police station, the second in a commercial district and the third in front of a hotel.