Army general shot dead after prayers in Libya

A Libyan army general, with a senior defence ministry role, has been shot dead in the eastern city of Benghazi.

General Mohamed Hadia al-Feitouri was returning home from Friday prayers when a group of gunmen pulled up in a car and opened fire, his son said.

In recent months, Benghazi has seen a spate of killings of security officials who, like Hadia, served under former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The incident comes a day after Libya’s new interim assembly assumed power.