Tripoli: Libyan security chiefs for the city of Benghazi have been sacked in the wake of a deadly assault on the US consulate last week, the country’s interior minister said.
Libya has sacked its security chiefs for Benghazi after a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city last week, Interior Minister Fawzi Abdel A’al told Reuters.
Colonel Salahadeen Doghman will replace the deputy interior minister for the east, Wanis Sharif, as well as the head of national security for Benghazi, Hassan Bou Hmida.
“The decision to replace Mr. Sharif and the security chief was made last week,” Reuters quoted Interior Minister Fawzi Abdel A’al as saying.
“We will do what we think is right if there is a weakness within the security leadership that has affected the security work in the city.”
Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya, was killed along with three other American officials last Tuesday during mob violence.
The attackers were part of a crowd that blamed the US for an anti-Islam video posted online that mocks the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
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