NTC says ex-deputy PM suspect in general’s killing

The National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Monday a former NTC deputy prime minister was suspected of involvement in the killing of one of the rebel movement’s most senior military commanders.

General Abdel Fattah Younes was killed by his own side in July, an incident that caused deep rifts inside the rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi’s rule. The naming of the suspects risks reviving those divisions.

At a news conference broadcast on Libyan television, NTC chief military prosecutor Yussef Al-Aseifr named Ali El-Essawi as chief suspect. Essawi served as the NTC’s interim deputy prime minister until he stepped down earlier this year

Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdel-Rahim al-Keeb speaks with Abdel Hafiz Ghoga (L), vice chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC) and spokesman for the new authorities, stands next to Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdel-Rahim al-Keeb (R) as the latter speaks during a press conference about the formation of a new Libyan government in Tripoli, Libya, 22 November 2011.

“The number one suspect in the investigation is the former deputy head of (the NTC) executive office Ali Abdelaziz Saad Al-Essawi,” Aseifr said.

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