Brigade 174 Commander assassinated in Tripoli

The General Staff of the he Libyan Army, Tripoli, has issued a statement to offer condolences for the family of colonel Salim Swiesi, the Commander of Brigade 174.
His brigade was appointed to secure the Defend Ministry headquarters, but he was shot in front of his house by a group of unidentified persons, who escaped afterwards.
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