Tripoli, 13 May:
A local candidate from Murzuk was murdered today shortly after registering to stand in the 19 June elections.
Khaled Abu . . .[restrict]Salah was attacked killed by an gang some 30 kilometres from Obari according to a Supreme Security Commission official. “An armed gang traveling in five cars followed him after he registered with the electoral commission. They surrounded and killed him,” the official said.
Two colleagues who were with Abu Salah, a member of Murzuk’s Arab community, managed to escape.
An investigation has been launched into the killing.
On Sunday evening, Murzuk remained calm. The killing had not raised tensions in the town according to local residents who were contacted. However, they said that they had only just heard about the murder. [/restrict]
