By Noora Ibrahim.
Benghazi, 11 January 2014:
Violence in Benghazi has continued with the probable murder of an army colonel in Al-Guarsha yesterday . . .[restrict]and the attempted assassination of a police officer on Thursday.
Colonel Abbdel Hamid Al-Feyssi was found dead in his home on the outskirts of Benghazi in the Al-Guarsha suburb yesterday. While the shot which killed him was fired from his own gun, reports of signs of a struggle at the scene indicate that Feyssi was murdered. Investigations into the death are ongoing.
Khaled Haroon, a criminal investigator working out of Sabri Police Station, is currently recovering from an assassination attempt in Al-Jala hospital where he is in critical condition. Unidentified gunmen shot Haroon while he was driving with a friend near Sidi Abed Cemetery. His friend escaped unscathed.
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