By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.
Tripoli, 25 August 2013:
There were unconfirmed reports that the vehicle used by killers of an army bomb disposal . . .[restrict]expert on Friday, was pursued by security forces this evening and abandoned by its four occupants, who then fled into the countryside.
Col Mustafa Agela Almugrbi was shot outside the Al-Ansar mosque as he left Friday prayers with his ten-year old son. His two masked attackers were travelling in a white Mitsubishi Lancer with tinted windows.
This evening the same vehicle was apparently spotted by a Benghazi security patrol who sought to stop it. A chase ensued which ended when the four men aboard the Lancer abandoned it and fled into what a security source described as “wild country”. Weapons and at least one phone were left behind by the suspects. More members of the security forces arrived on the scene and the area was reportedly surrounded. It is not yet clear if any arrests have been made.
If the fugitives are indeed connected with the Almugrbi murder and are detained, then it will be the second security breakthrough in a seemingly unstoppable nine-month campaign of assassination, which has focused on serving and retired military personnel and police.
Earlier today, the Libya Herald revealed that a group of suspects had been arrested in Benghazi and moved last week to Tripoli for investigation. Refusing to do more than confirm that a number of people had been arrested, Prime Minister Nuri Zeidan said at his scheduled Sunday press conference, that more details would be given in due course. The only other Benghazi assassination suspect ever arrested, a man named as Ali Al-Fezzani, was picked up in January but escaped from custody after being sent to Tripoli. [/restrict]
