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| Explosion outside Benghazi's Tibesti Hotel kills one, injures two |
| 2014-10-11 |
| [Libya Herald] One man has been killed and two others injured in an kaboom outside Benghazi's Tibesti Hotel, a focal point for demonstrations in the city since the revolution. Staff at Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC) identified the dead man as Abdullah Al-Sharia. The names of theother two individuals receiving treatment at the hospital have not been released. Burning debris and car parts littered the area where the kaboom took place. Security officials have not yet ascertained the cause of the blast. The use of plastic bombs attached to cars has become commonplace over the past year. However last week, jacket wallahs used cars loaded with explosives to attack Benina Airbase. Large protests had been held regularly in the open area by the Tibesti Hotel. They have tended to be anti-Islamist in character and in opposition to the General National Congress (GNC). They have sometimes resulted in protestors being attacked and even killed, such as a year ago when gunnies met the demonstrators with hot lead. The following month a bomb was thrown at anti-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... protestors outside the Tibesti. In recent months, in the face of escalating violence in Benghazi, these Friday protests have been ever more sparsely attended. There had been calls on social media for protests in Benghazi today with further protests planned for 15 October. However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... whether these will gather support remains to be seen. Initial reports have indicated that those caught up in this afternoon's blasts were not taking part in any demonstrations and were merely bystanders. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 looking for bargain prices on Kayak? Check out the Tibesti Hotel. Even the interior rooms have balconies....evntually |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-10-11 00:18 |