Muslim Brotherhood Member Shot Dead in Libya

A car bomb exploded outside a police station in Benghazi, Libya on November 4, 2012. The violence continues in the post-Gaddafi North African state., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.

Muslim Brotherhood member shot dead in Libya

AFP, Sunday 27 Jan 2013

Sheikh Mohamed bin Othman, a Muslim Brotherhood and government official, was shot dead in the Libyan city of Misrata

A Muslim Brotherhood official and member of the local council from Misrata shot dead as he left a mosque in the Libyan city, a local source told AFP on Sunday.

"Sheikh Mohamed bin Othman was shot dead as he left a mosque after prayers" on Saturday, the source said on the condition of anonymity.

"Unknown gunmen fired shots from a car with tinted windows" at Othman before fleeing, the source added, citing witnesses.

The funeral for Othman, a former political prisoner under the government of Muammar Gaddafi and a founding member of the Justice and Construction Party, which was launched by the Brotherhood in Libya, will be held later Sunday.

The party described the killing of Othman as a "serious prelude to sow chaos and confusion" as it called for "national solidarity... to consolidate the state institutions and the rule of law" in Libya. Libyan state news agency Lana said those who carried out the attack were not yet identified.

Misrata, a port city in east Libya, is relatively untouched so far by the violence and killings that has rocked Benghazi, cradle of the revolt that toppled Gaddafi's government in 2011.

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