LIBYA: Troops arrest major militant suspect wanted by Egypt
Libyan troops say they have arrested one of Egypt’s most wanted men who is a suspect in the investigation into the murder of the country’s top prosecutor three years ago. Hisham Ashmawy is a former Egyptian army officer also accused of carrying out jihadist attacks. Libyan armed forces in the city of Derna said they […]
LIBYA Troops arrest major militant suspect wanted by Egypt
Libyan troops say they have arrested one of Egypt’s most wanted men who is a suspect in the investigation into the murder of the country’s top prosecutor three years ago.
Hisham Ashmawy is a former Egyptian army officer also accused of carrying out jihadist attacks.
Libyan armed forces in the city of Derna said they had detained Hisham Ashmawy “in a security operation”, according to Egypt’s independent Extra News TV channel, and published photographs of his bloodied face.
Mr Ashmawy is suspected of organising the assassination of Prosecutor-General Hisham Barakat in June 2015. A month later he released an audio statement claiming to be leader of an armed group in the Sinai Peninsula.