A Benghazi cleric has died following a shooting incident at a mosque in the city’s Birkah district this evening. Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Ghariani was shot three times while running a Koranic class at the Suhaib Rumi Mosque. He was rushed to Benghazi Medical Centre for emergency surgery but was later reported to have died of his injuries.The attack is not seen as a terrorist one. The assailant, who is reportedly to have been captured, is said to have been psychologically disturbed.
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