CAIRO (AP) — A security official says gunmen in an eastern Libyan city have killed a local politician who was a prominent opponent of Islamic militants controlling the city.
Rival radical groups have vied for control of Derna in Libya’s oil-rich eastern region. Officials there say a number of hardened Libyan militants have recently patrolled the city flexing military power. Some have returned from fighting in Syria and Iraq.
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