By Moutaz Ali.
Tripoli, 1 March 2017:
A football coach from the south was shot dead this morning in Tripoli’s eastern suburb of Tajoura.
Mahmud Elansari, who coached the Al-Wafa club in Obari, some 200 kilometres west of Sebha, was attacked by unknown group while he was driving his car in the district.
It is reported that two, possibly three, other colleagues who were with him are missing.
He had just flown back a few hours earlier from Tobruk where he took part in the elections of National Football Union of Libya. While there he also met the head of the House of Representatives, Ageela Saleh.
One of the two former GNC members for Obari, Hussain Alansari, a relative, has said that he holds the various security organisations in Tripoli responsible for killing. He had demanded an explanation from them as to what happened
The Tuareg Social Council of Libya – Alansari was a Tuareg – has also demanded the authorities in Tripoli and Tajoura apprehend those responsible. Tajoura municipal council has responded by saying it will take action.
