Senior Libyan judge assassinated in eastern Libya as security woes deepen
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Libya's official news agency says unidentified militants assassinated a senior Libyan judge in an eastern city known to be a stronghold of Islamic militants.
LANA quoted the head of the Court of Cassation in Green Mountain province, Abdel-Aziz al-Trabilsi, as saying Judge Mohammed Naguib was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in front of the courthouse.
The killing took place in the eastern city of Derna, known to be dominated by hardline Islamic militias such as Ansar al-Shariah, which is suspected to have been behind the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The violence underscores the instability that has rocked Libya after the overthrow and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.