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Operation Dignity sergeant decapitated in Benghazi
2014-08-19
[Libya Herald] An Operation Dignity sergeant responsible for running supplies to and from Benina Airbase has been killed and then decapitated in Benghazi.

Chief of the Saiqa Special Forces
...Libya's elite army unit, insofar as they have one, formed from a mixture of paratroopers and commandos. The group emerged from a militia with the same name in 2010. It now numbers a few thousand and reports to the Ministry of Defence. It deployed in Benghazi in an attempt to control the carnage. As a result, it has been attacked and several of its officers murdered. The force is popular in Benghazi for its stance against Ansar al-Sharia group...
Investigations Unit, Fadel Al-Hassi, confirmed the grisly killing to the Libya Herald but said he was unable to divulge the victim's name.

There has been an increase in the use of decapitation as a tactic of intimidation in Benghazi and Derna in recent months.

At the end of July a Filipino worker's head was removed, allegedly because of his Christian faith. In May the severed head of a Derna student, who was said to have challenged an Islamist brigade, was found dumped in a mosque in the town.
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