A stockpile of weapons outside Brega that was to be destroyed exploded “in heat”; the munitions included 120 Grad missile launchers, 7 Grad missiles, 30 106 mm shells, a mortar shell, and seven C-5 missiles. Alashei Mahdi, the commander of the Qatrun’s Martyrs Brigade, an ethnic Tebu militia that has been guarding the massive Elephant gas facility and manning checkpoints in Murzuk, was kidnapped on May 26. Tebu protesters are blockading the Sebha airport until authorities provide information on Mahdi’s disappearance.
