Meftah Bouzid

The editor of Burniq newspaper editor and a critic of jihadists in Libya was shot dead in the eastern city of Benghazi, an Islamist stronghold, according to medical sources.

A friend of the journalist reportedly said that Bouzid had received threats to his life from Islamic extremists whom he often criticised on television.

Source: AFP

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