A massive suicide car bomb detonated one kilometer away from the headquarters of Libyan National Army chief Khalid Haftar in Benghazi, killing three people and injuring four more. Haftar’s forces claimed to be continuing operations in Benghazi as well as in Derna, where they are targeting al Qaeda leaders. Derna gunmen allegedly from Ansar al Sharia released nine kidnapped youths in exchange for an Egyptian man arrested on June 1 at Labraq airport who was traveling to Turkey with a false Libyan passport; the Egyptian has returned to Derna. Gunmen shot and killed a Swiss official from the Red Cross in Misrata who was visiting Sirte. In Tripoli, the Qaaqaa Brigade is holding Abdulmonem Al-Said, a Tripoli Counter Crime Agency official who kidnapped former Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in October; the brigade wants him to be formally charged for the kidnapping and other crimes.
