Gunmen opened fire on Abdulsalam Musmari in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, libya. Musmari, a political activist and anti-Islamist lawyer, was killed in the attack. He was one the founders of the 17 February coalition. A sniper rifle was used in the attack.
Musmari was shot at around 1.45 pm as he walked home from the Abu Ghoula mosque in Benghazi’s Birkah district.
“He had a bullet directly in his heart,” spokesman for Benghazi Joint Security Forces (BJSF) Mohamed Hejazi told the Libya Herald. “This was a very accurate attack and the BJSF thinks that it could have been the work of a sniper.”
There were no witnesses to the attack.
Musmari is reported to have been a strong critic of the Muslim Brotherhood.
In 2011, he claimed to have received a death threat after criticising the role of Islamists in the NTC and the Union of Revolutionary Fighters. In an interview, he said: “Please deliver this message to those who want to kill me: ‘Let’s talk’.”
Musmari also pointed out that during the 2011 revolution Libyans opposed to Qaddafi all had the same cause . At the time he said: “We need a constitution that gives rights to all factions of society.”
No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the incident to the libyan branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.
After the killing, there has been protests against the Muslim Brotherhood in Benghazi Zintan, Tobruk and Zawiya.
Sources
Founder of 17 February Coalition assassinated in Benghazi, Libya Herald, July 26, 2013.
“Prominent libyan activist assassinated: security,” Agence France Presse — English, July 26, 2013.”
“Nearly 1,200 convicts escape from libyan jail,” Xinhua News Agency, July 28, 2013.”
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