Leading Anti-Qaddafi Activist Killed in Libya
Shot by gunmen in drive-by in Benghazi
A security official says 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.
Security official Mohammed al-Hegazi said gunmen in a grey sedan stopped AbdulSalam al-Musmari on his way home after Friday prayers and shot him at close range.
Al-Hegazi said an investigation into the motives behind the attack and who committed the killing is under way.
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