By Libya Herald reporter.
Benghazi, 8 August 2016:
Police in the eastern town of Marj have launched a hunt for one of the managers of the local branch of the Bank of North Africa who fled the scene after shooting a customer dead.
According to reports, the customer, named as Fawzi Al-Shihi, and bank staff were involved in an argument over the shortage of cash in the bank which then degenerated into a brawl.
The bank’s security staff moved to calm tempers and initially appeared to have done so. However, the bank official had a gun on the premises and used it to shoot the customer dead.
According to local police, Marj residents have been horrified by the event, the full details of which have been handed to the public prosecutor.