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| Bomb-disposal expert assassinated in Benghazi |
| 2013-08-29 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] The head of the explosives unit of the Benghazi security directorate was shot and killed last Friday (August 23rd) while on his way to the mosque with his young son. Forty-six-year-old Colonel Mustafa Aqila al-Maghribi first worked in the Criminal Investigation Department, then in the detection dogs unit before moving on to the detection and demining of explosives division. According to policeman Mohamed Mohi, when al-Maghribi noticed a car following him, he told his young son to go to the mosque alone. "At that moment, a number of masked men got out of the car and shot at him twice. One hit him in the shoulder. Then they chased him and shot him dead," Mohi said. Al-Maghribi had been responsible for defusing a large number of bombs around the country, most recently a bomb outside Benghazi's Tibesti hotel, LANA reported. "We have some leads with regard to those responsible for the liquidations and bombings," Benghazi Joint Security Room spokesperson Colonel Abdullah Zaidi said. "We captured some, and an interrogation concerning terrorism activities is on-going." "In my opinion, what is happening are random incidents because every attack has specific details unique to a particular region. The targeted victims are usually unknown figures such as the liquidation of a judge, aged 79 and also Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Aqila, who is not known to the average citizen," Zaidi added. He said that "some of the boom-mobileings were triggered by mobile phones with ringtones praising Moamer Qadaffy". "An officer was murdered because he uncovered a shipment of drugs; here, obviously, the culprit is a narco gang. The latest is the entry of two gunnies into Jalaa Hospital. One of them threw a bomb in one of the corridors and was maimed when he was hit by gunshot after an exchange of fire with coppers at the hospital," the colonel told Magharebia. |
| Posted by:Fred |