Libya's interior minister, who had been declared dead by the country's leader Moamer Gaddafi, confirmed Wednesday that he has joined the anti-government protesters, DPA reported.
Abdul Fattah Younis, in a telephone interview with broadcaster Al Arabiya, said that a supporter of Gaddafi had sought to have him shot dead. The gunman missed however and injured a relative of the minister.
Younis added that he was no longer a minister but a soldier in the service of the people.
In a televised address Tuesday, Gaddafi said protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi had killed the interior minister.