Benghazi attack suspect' dies in Cairo shootout and another is in prison in Tunis
A man suspected of involvement in an attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi last month has been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, officials say.The man was killed after an exchange of fire with security services in the Cairo suburb of Madinet Nasr.Authorities named the man only as Hazem.
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They say they also found 17 bombs, four RPGs, three automatic weapons and large quantities of ammunition.The man was said to have rented the apartment for the past three months.It is thought the man mayhave been trying to make his way to Sinai.Emergency services also had to rescue other residents of the building using hydraulic ladders, officials told the al-Ahram newspaper.
The shoot-out came the same day a lawyer in Tunisia said that a local man accused also of being involved the Benghazi mission attack was being held in a Tunis jail on terrorism charges.The man, named as Ali Harzi, was one of two Tunisians arrested in Turkey on 3 October, allegedly having entered the country on false passports. It was later reported that both were believed to be linked to the Benghazi attack and had been sent back by the Turks to Tunis on 11 October. Harzi is reported to have been trying to head to Syria after having escaped from Libya.It is reported that the American authorities have not ben allowed to question him.
The shoot-out came the same day a lawyer in Tunisia said that a local man accused also of being involved the Benghazi mission attack was being held in a Tunis jail on terrorism charges.The man, named as Ali Harzi, was one of two Tunisians arrested in Turkey on 3 October, allegedly having entered the country on false passports. It was later reported that both were believed to be linked to the Benghazi attack and had been sent back by the Turks to Tunis on 11 October. Harzi is reported to have been trying to head to Syria after having escaped from Libya.It is reported that the American authorities have not ben allowed to question him.
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