A General National Congress vote made sharia law the basis for all legislation and all state institutions. Protesters calling for the withdrawal of armed militias from Derna drove Ansar al Sharia militants from their headquarters in the city and set a jihadist radio station on fire. Ansar al Sharia denied firing on protesters. Car bombs in Derna destroyed the vehicles of an activist and a city councillor. Militiamen kidnapped five soldiers from a desert checkpoint southwest of Kufra near the Sudanese border. Prime Minister Zeidan is seeking to enforce the ban on militias in Benghazi.
