East Libya military intelligence chief killed in car bomb blast

Prime minister of the eastern Libyan government condemns killing of Major-General Fawzi al‑Mansouri. The head of military intelligence for eastern Libya’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) has been killed in a car bomb blast, according to eastern Libyan authorities. Major-General Fawzi al-Mansouri was killed after an improvised explosive device was detonated as he entered his car outside his home in Benghazi’s Hawari district late on Monday, the Reuters news agency reported, citing two security sources. Prime Minister of the eastern Libyan government Osama Saad Hammad condemned the killing and pledged to “uncover the circumstances of the crime”. “We condemn, in the strongest terms, this treacherous terrorist act,” he said in a statement on Tuesday. “There is no place in Libya for anyone who raises arms against the state, and no cover for anyone who plans, executes, finances, or incites assassination and terrorism crimes,” he added. It is aligned with authorities based in the eastern city of Benghazi.

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