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| Turkish Airlines staff member killed in Tripoli office attack |
| 2013-12-29 |
| One member of staff at Turkish Airlines has been killed and another injured in an attack, suspected to be an armed robbery, at the airlinesÂ’ main office in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... . Turkish daily Hürriyet named the slain employee as Uğur Tezcan. Both Tezcan and fellow employee Nadide Duman – hospitalised with serious injuries – were beaten by people armed with iron batons, according to the Hürriyet. Details of the incident are not yet clear, however, with conflicting reports saying that the attackers were armed with knives or guns. The attack took place on Thursday evening, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry. It is understood that it the main Turkish Airlines office in Tripoli Tower was the scene of the crime, not the companyÂ’s Tripoli International Airport office, as initially stated by reports in the international media. |
| Posted by:Fred |