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| More murderous attacks in Benghazi |
| 2013-12-30 |
| [Libya Herald] Two army officers, one of them retired ... and I take personal exception to that practice... were murdered today in Benghazi and two other soldiers seriously maimed, The retired senior security officer was killed in a drive-by shooting and a Lieutenant Colonel on the teaching staff at the city's university was murdered in a hail of bullets in the Hay Assalam district. Col. Muftah Hamid Najam, had worked in an external security unit and recently retired. He was killed with a single shot to the head by gunman travelling in a vehicle, which then sped away. A front man at Al-Jalaa hospital, Fadia Al-Bargati told the Libya Herald that Najam was dead when he was brought to the emergency unit. Lt-Col Ahmed Ammami, a lecturer at Benghazi University was murdered in a hail of bullets in the Hay Assalam district of the city. The attack also injured his assistant Ayad Abdul-Salam Shukri. In addition, there was an attack on a special forces solider, Youssif Mohammed Youssik Al-Shikhi this evening in front of his house in the Bouatni area of the city. Shikhi is now being treated in the Benghazi Medical Centre, where his condition was described as "unstable". Meanwhile a badly decomposed body was today discovered in the Hawari area. There is informed speculation that the corpse could be that of 65 year-old Haji Attiya Al-Naaili, the father of senior Saiqa brigade office Salem Al-Naaili. The father was kidnapped in November. His head was discovered not far from his son's house in Salem on 17 December. The body found today has been taken the the Benghazi Medical Centre for forensic tests. |
| Posted by:Fred |