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| Libya explosions target 2 courthouses in Benghazi, 10 people wounded |
| 2013-07-29 |
| [FOXNEWS] Two large kabooms hit courthouses in the city of Benghazi late Sunday, leaving part of one of the buildings a pile of rubble, two security officials said. An official in Benghazi said 10 people were maimed, two seriously, in the kaboom outside one courthouse. Video posted by residents online showed several vehicles destroyed by that kaboom. The video also showed residents standing in a crater in the ground outside the building. Another courthouse in the eastern part of the city was also hit, said a security official in the capital, Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... The courthouse in the north of Benghazi was the site of the first protests against dictator Muammar Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest... in early 2011 that led to his ouster. It continues to be a hub for protests. The kaboom erupted just before a planned protest outside one of the buildings to mark the second anniversary of the death of Gen. Abdul Fattah Younis, a former Qadaffy security minister who defected from the regime to join the rebels fighting him. He was killed in July 2011 by his comrades while in jug after he was incarcerated Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! on suspicion of treason. |
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