Masakim neighborhood

A policeman has sustained injuries in an attack by a militiaman from Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled army in Masakim neighborhood in the eastern city of Benghazi. Lieutenant Colonel Jamal Al-Amami told Bawabt Alwaset news outlet that “a Special Forces soldier opened fire at Ahmed Al-Orifi, a police officer from Abu-Atny Police Station, while doing his job at one of the crossroads in Masakim.Al-Amami explained that Al-Orifi was injured and underwent a successful surgery, stressing that such action “does not represent the Special Forces, but represents the perpetrator only”.The reason for the armed attack was not revealed.