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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
11 beheaded in attack on Libya checkpoint, say pro-Haftar forces
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAt least 11 people were beheaded after an attack on a checkpoint controlled by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar south of Tripoli, says a spokesman for his forces.
“At least nine soldiers were beheaded… in addition to two civilians” at the checkpoint about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Tripoli, Colonel Ahmad al-Mesmari says, blaming the Islamic State jihadist group for the gruesome attack.
No group has yet claimed the dawn attack on a checkpoint run by Haftar’s forces in the Al-Jufra region.
Libya has been rocked by chaos since the 2011 fall and killing of longtime dictator Muammar Ghaddafi in a NATO-backed revolution.
— AFP
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