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| Sniper kills woman and sailor on Benghazi’s Guiliana Bridge |
| 2017-04-03 |
| [Libya Herald] A sailor and a civilian were killed by a sniper in Benghazi today when a family car tried to cross the Guiliana Bridge. The driver’s wife was killed when the gunnies opened up on the car and his niece, who was eight-months pregnant, was shot in the side. A sailor who rushed to help was then rubbed out. The dead serviceman has been named as Ahmed Mousa al-Zwai from the nearby navy operations room. The family has not been identified. The driver, who was also injured, was taken to hospital along with his niece. The baby was delivered prematurely but healthy. The mother however is still in a serious condition. An army source said the sniper was positioned in a high building in Suq al-Hout on the other side of the bridge. However Suq al-Hout is too far away. The sniper may therefore have been operating outside the myrmidon enclave. Meanwhile as Libyan National Army continues to surround their positions in the city’s Sabri and Suq al-Hout, |
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