The security chief in the east Libyan city of Benghazi was assassinated, a security official told AFP.

The security chief in the east Libyan city of Benghazi was assassinated, a security official told AFP.

Libyan authorities retook control Saturday of the headquarters and bases of militias in Benghazi after armed protesters attacked them overnight in violence that killed at least 11 people and wounded m

At least three people died and 20 were wounded when armed demonstrators protesting against militias clashed with a government unit of ex-rebels, the al-Hawari hospital said early Saturday.

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Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said on Monday that a commission of inquiry is to probe the controversial killing of ousted strongman Muammar Gaddafi.

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General Abdel Fatah Younes, a former senior official in Muammar Gaddafi's regime who defected to lead rebel forces, has been killed, the head of the rebel National Transitional Council has said.

Forces loyal to Col. Muammar Gaddafi launched a fierce counter-attack on Thursday, fighting gun battles with rebels who have threatened the Libyan leader by seizing important towns close to the capital. The opposition were already in control of major centres in the east, including the regional capital Benghazi, and reports that the towns of Misrata and Zuara in the west had also fallen brought the tide of rebellion closer to Gaddafi’s power base.