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| More than 1000 inmates escape from Libyan jail | More than 1000 inmates escape from Libyan jail |
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| More than 1,000 inmates have escaped from a jail in the troubled Libyan city of Benghazi. | More than 1,000 inmates have escaped from a jail in the troubled Libyan city of Benghazi. |
| A security official from the jail told the AP news agency that most of the escapees were facing serious charges. | A security official from the jail told the AP news agency that most of the escapees were facing serious charges. |
| Benghazi is one of the most unstable parts of post-revolution Libya. Last year the US ambassador and three other Americans were killed there. | Benghazi is one of the most unstable parts of post-revolution Libya. Last year the US ambassador and three other Americans were killed there. |
| It is not clear whether the jailbreak was part of ongoing political unrest in the city. | It is not clear whether the jailbreak was part of ongoing political unrest in the city. |
| Earlier protesters attacked offices linked to the Muslim Brotherhood following the assassination of the prominent political activist Abdelsalam al-Mismari. | |
| They stormed offices of the Justice and Construction Party, the Brotherhood's political wing. | |
| A retired air-force colonel and a senior police officer were also shot dead on Friday in Benghazi, in the latest in a series of targeted killings of security personnel. | |
| Libya's government is struggling to control armed groups nearly two years after Col Muammar Gaddafi was toppled. |