The GNC appointed Ahmed Maetig as prime minister, after he received one vote over the required 120. A Benghazi TV employee who had been reporting on the fighting between Ansar al Sharia and the Saiqa special forces survived an assassination attempt. In Derna, the offices that dispense pay for the army and police were bombed, and a group called Shabab Al-Muslimin (Islamic Youth) took over a former governmental building, saying it will be turned into an Islamic court and will have judges brought in from outside the country.
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