Gunmen kill former Libyan prosecutor general

Unidentified gunmen have killed Libya’s former prosecutor general in the eastern city of Derna, according to the country’s justice minister.

Abdelaziz al-Hasadi was shot dead while visiting relatives in his hometown of Derna, Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani said on Saturday.

Hasadi was the first prosecutor general appointed after the 2011 revolution. He resigned from the post in March 2013.

According to Libyan news agency LANA, another army officer was also gunned down on Saturday in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Libyans rose up against former dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s four-decade rule in February 2011 and deposed him in August 2011. He was slain on October 20 of the same year.

Since 2011, Benghazi has been the scene of numerous attacks and political assassinations amidst increasing power struggle among several militias who fought against Gaddafi during the uprising.

The former rebels refuse to lay down their arms despite efforts by the central government to impose law and order.

Over the past few months, Tripoli and its suburbs have been hit by violent clashes between rival militias.

In an interview with Press TV last year in October, political commentator Johnny Miller said that Libya is on the verge of becoming a failed state.

Libya “really is close to being a failed state. I mean you have the situation where the government is very, very weak. You have the streets ruled by militias, affiliated with the government, but also acting unilaterally by themselves,” he said.