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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Sealing the indictment on the security situation in Libya, or the lack thereof, over 1,000 inmates in a prison in Benghazi escaped and the leader of the anti-Muslim Brotherhood movement in the country was assassinated.
Hundreds of Libyans took to the streets in cities across the country to denounce the killing of prominent political activist and Muslim Brotherhood critic Abdelsalam Al-Mosmary, blaming Islamists for his death.
Al-Mosmary was killed on July 26 in a drive by shooting as he was leaving a mosque in Benghazi. Two military officials were also reportedly killed on the same day in the city.
The mass jailbreak occurred at the Koyfiya prison on the following day during the protests; it was unclear as to whether the escape was part of the protests or if inmates received outside help.
According to a Reuters report based on Benghazi’s head of security in Benghazi, Mohammed Sharif, some prisoners had turned themselves in and other had been recaptured. “The prison is back in operation as of this morning. Seventy prisoners were brought in initially. Another 30 were caught in the town of al-Marj and seven in Ajdabiyah,” he said on Sunday. Since the unofficial number of escapees was 1,117, there are still quite a few on the loose in Libya.
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