Libyan journalist shot dead in Benghazi
A Libyan television journalist involved in coverage of fighting between Islamist militias and pro-government forces in the second city of Benghazi has been assassinated, officials and witnesses said Thursday.
Muftah al-Qatrani, director of the private production company Al-Anwar, was killed by a gunshot to the head on Wednesday, an interior ministry official told AFP.
"Friends who visited his office found him dead on a chair, covered in blood," the official said, adding that an inquiry had been launched into the killing.
