Public Squares Speaker Mustafa Al-Wehishi killed in Sirte clashes against ISIS
The media and political activist and supporter of Libya Dawn (Fajr Libya) operation, Mustafa Al-Wehishi, who was well-known for his speeches at the Martyr Squares, was killed Friday in clashes against the ISIS militants in Sirte.
Al-Wehishi, who is 36 years old, has been fighting with the Misurata-led forces under the command of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous military operation, which is appointed by the Presidential Council to liberate Sirte from ISIS.
On Saturday, people took out to the Martyrs Square in Tripoli, where he sued to deliver his speeches, and prayed the Funeral Prayer on his body and then buried him amid a huge number of people.
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