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Libya imposes travel ban on ex-interim leader over murder case

Arab World Materials 12 December 2012 14:16 (UTC +04:00)

Libya's military prosecutors Wednesday imposed a travel ban on Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of an interim council that ruled the country after Moamer Gaddafi's overthrow, pending an investigation into the mysterious death of a rebel commander, dpa reported.

Abdul Jalil headed the National Transitional Council until it handed over power to an elected assembly in August.

He is to appear before a military court on February 20 to answer questions related to the killing of rebel commader Abdel Fattah Younes, said a source at the military tribunal.

Younes, who was Libya's interior minister under Gaddafi, defected and joined an armed uprising that ended Gaddafi's 42-year rule last year.

Younes was killed in July 2011 in mysterious circumstances after being recalled from the front line for questioning by revolutionary authorities.

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