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| Major day-long Derna protest at militia murders and bombings |
| 2013-11-23 |
| [Libya Herald] Derna is tense this evening after the murder last night of a respected local figure as he left a mosque. This saw a large day-long demonstration today, protesting the presence of militias and demanding that the police and army take back control of the city. Fowzy Al-Zowki, the secretary for Derna's council of elders was bumped off as he left the Al-Sahaba mosque last night. Zowki died at Al-Hareesh hospital. At around 4:30am today a bomb went kaboom!outside the Aum El-Mominee girl's school, which also houses the local 60 committee election office. Zowki had recently given an interview in which he condemned the deteriorating security in the city. Islamist groups have maintained that some decisions made by the council of elders were un-Islamic. |
| Posted by:Fred |