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| Government mourns Benina dead |
| 2014-10-04 |
| [Libya Herald] The government has said it stands by the army and police following yesterday’s suicide kabooms on Benina Airport. The Thinni government issued a statement saying that Libya is in a battle against “abominable terrorism”, and that the fight is one that involves all the Libyan people. It offered its condolences to the families of those who had perished in yesterday’s attacks and the subsequent festivities. The government reiterated its commitment to the police, the army and all security forces deployed throughout the country. The government has announced that 24 soldiers died and 12 were maimed in yesterday’s violence. Reports from medical sources indicated that at least six attackers were killed and some 68 maimed. The government also made special mention of former Chief of Staff for the airforce, Brigadier Ahmed Habib Al-Masmari who was killed in the attack. |
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