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[quote=Libya Herald]Twelve more people are reported to have been arrested overnight in Benghazi in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US mission and the murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other US diplomatic staff. The arrests were made as a result on information obtained from people arrested earlier in the day, a source connected to the investigation into the attack told the [I]Libya Herald[/I].
It is not known to which group those arrested overnight belong but the earlier ones, said to number four, were reported to be members of Ansar Al-Sharia. It has been accused of leading the attack on the mission, although it denies it.
Yesterday, sources close to Prime Minister-elect Mustafa Abushagur said that a decision has been taken to disband the movement “by force if necessary”.
Meanwhile in Benghazi, increasing numbers of foreigners are leaving because of the security situation, fearful for their safety.
“We have been evacuating foreign companies on their request,” the manager of a security company operating in the city told the [I]Libya Herald[/I] today.
Many foreign consular diplomats have left and all the UN agencies in the city — the World Food Programme, UNHCR, WHO, IOM and UNSMIL —have scaled back their operations in the city. They have withdrawn international staff to Tripoli until the security situation is deemed calm enough to send them back — “hopefully in the next few days”, a UN official said.
Despite the fears, life in the city appeared perfectly normal today, with residents going about their everyday business, and shops and cafes operating as usual.[/quote]
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