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| Another militiamen murdered in Derna |
| 2014-07-21 |
| [Libya Herald] Another member of the local Abu Sleem Martyrs Brigade has been killed in Derna. Mazig El Gabsi was bumped off last night by unknown assailants a source from the town told the Libya Herald. "El Gabsi was shot by unknown gunnies driving in a car, in the west of Derna and was dead on arrival at Harish Hospital," the source said . Reports said that he was killed after leaving the brigade's HQ in the western entrance of the town, and members of the brigade took his body to Harish Hospital to permit the burial. He was buried immediately. Members of the brigade are reported to have chased the car but they lost it. It was later found but no one was in it . A murderous power struggle has been taking place in Derna between the brigade and Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... , both of them Islamist. Ten days ago, a former brigade commander was shot at but was unhurt. |
| Posted by:Fred |