A Libyan spokesperson says a top security official in the eastern city of Benghazi has survived an assassination attempt by a car bomb.
The spokespersn, Walid Urfi, told The Associated Press that Col. Salah al-Hewidi – who refused to leave his post as a security chief of Benghazi after being sacked – was wounded in the Wednesday explosion.
It was the second assassination attempt targeting security officials in one month.
Last month, a nominee to al-Hewidi’s post was wounded in another car bomb attack in the city.
The eastern-based government, headed by Abdullah al-Thinni, sacked al-Hewidi.
Al-Thinni answers to the internationally-recognised parliament seated in eastern Libya.
Another UN-backed government is seated in the capital Tripoli.
