Air force officer shot dead in Libya's Benghazi
10/24/2013 6:12:24 PM
A Libyan air force colonel was killed Thursday in Benghazi, the latest in a series of attacks on security forces in the cradle of the 2011 revolution.
"The head of air traffic controllers in Benina military base, Colonel Adel Khalil al-Tawahini, was killed Thursday morning," said Colonel Abdallah al-Zaidi, a security forces spokesperson.
Zaidi said unidentified gunmen fired on Tawahini as he left his home in the eastern city.
"The head of air traffic controllers in Benina military base, Colonel Adel Khalil al-Tawahini, was killed Thursday morning," said Colonel Abdallah al-Zaidi, a security forces spokesperson.
Zaidi said unidentified gunmen fired on Tawahini as he left his home in the eastern city.