UN Mission In Libya Strongly Condemns Killing Of Acclaimed Photojournalist Ben Khalifa
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 21, 2019 | 01:56 PM
The UN Support Mission in Libya has harshly decried the killing of Mohamed Ben Khalifa, an acclaimed photographer who worked with RT's video agency Ruptly and the Associated Press and was covering clashes in Tripoli
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st January, 2019) The UN Support Mission in Libya has harshly decried the killing of Mohamed Ben Khalifa, an acclaimed photographer who worked with RT's video agency Ruptly and the Associated Press and was covering clashes in Tripoli.
"UNSMIL strongly condemns the killing of civilians in the #Tripoli clashes, including the photojournalist Mohamed Ben Khalifa @mbenkhalifaly," the mission wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
Ben Khalifa was killed on Saturday during shelling in Tripoli while covering violent clashes between local armed groups that erupted in the Libyan capital last week.
According to the Libyan Health Ministry, at least 13 people were killed and 52 others were injured in these clashes.
Ben Khalifa, 35, is survived by his wife and six-month-old daughter.
Libya has been torn apart by conflict since its long-time leader, Muammar Gaddafi, was overthrown in 2011. The eastern part of the country is governed by the parliament, backed by the Libyan National Army (LNA) and located in Tobruk. The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), headed by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj, operates in the country's west and is headquartered in Tripoli.
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