| 5,641,581 |
32.37535 |
15.09254 |
Libya |
|
Gunmen on Monday evening fired bullets from their car at Salem Abu Rouis, one of the members of the internal security apparatus of the former regime in Misrata, while he was leaving a shop before Maghreb prayer. He died on the spot. |
| 5,641,585 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
Earlier Tuesday, a bomb was thrown at a police station in the eastern city of Benghazi, wounding three detainees held there. |
| 5,641,588 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
A rocket-propelled grenade struck a building in Libya's capital Tuesday next to a luxury hotel where the prime minister has an apartment. The attack in Tripoli lightly damaged an apartment building next to the Corinthia Hotel. The rocket launcher was attached to a vehicle, which erupted in flames after the grenade was fired. |
| 5,641,593 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Tripoli came under attack from a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) The attack lead to light damage to the building and no injuries or fatalities. |
| 5,641,597 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
Later Friday, two officers were killed in separate attacks in Benghazi. Police officer Colonel Khatab Abdelrahim al-Zwei was shot dead at the wheel of his car. |
| 5,641,601 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
Later Friday, two officers were killed in separate attacks in Benghazi. Airforce officer Colonel Salem al-Sarah was killed as he emerged from a mosque. Another security officer was killed elsewhere in the city. |
| 5,641,605 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
A leading Libyan activist and vocal critic of the country's Islamists has been shot dead in a drive-by shooting in the city of Benghazi. Abdessalem al-Mesmari, an anti-Islamist lawyer who has been campaigning for a civil state in Libya, "was shot dead as he left a mosque and killed by a single bullet to the heart," |
| 5,641,609 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
Hundreds of Libyans have demonstrated in the capital Tripoli and other main cities. Witnesses say a Brotherhood party office was also stormed in the eastern city of Benghazi. |
| 5,641,613 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Hundreds of Libyans have demonstrated in the capital Tripoli and other main cities, demanding that Islamist parties be dissolved following Friday's assassination of a well-known activist who criticized them. The demonstrators took to the streets after dawn prayers Saturday setting fire to tires. Tripoli's protesters stormed the headquarters of a Brotherhood-affiliated party and another Islamist-allied party, destroying furniture. |
| 5,641,618 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
More than a thousand inmates escaped a prison Saturday. Inmates started a riot and set fires after security forces opened fire on three detainees who tried to escape the facility outside of Benghazi, a security official at al-Kweifiya prison said. Gunmen quickly arrived to the prison after news of the riot spread, opening fire with rifles outside in a bid to free their imprisoned relatives, a Benghazi-based security official said. |
