General Ali Ramadan al Rajani Killed in Attack on His Home in Tripoli

Libyan General Ali Ramadan al Rajani was killed today in an attack by unidentified armed men on his home in Tripoli, local authorities reported.

The head of the UN-recognized Government of National Unity, based in Tripoli, condemned the killing of the general at his home in the southern suburbs of the Libyan capital.

“With deep sorrow, I mourn the death of Brigadier General Ali Ramadan al Rajani, who died today defending his home from a group of criminals,” said Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah.

Very few details have been shared regarding the circumstances of the attack, including the number or identity of the assailants and their motives.

Dbeibah stated that he had “instructed the military prosecutor to launch an urgent and thorough investigation to establish the facts of this heinous crime and identify those responsible and their motives.”

According to Libyan media reports, General al Rajani was killed in an attack on his home, and according to eyewitnesses, the general managed to kill three of the attackers.

Since the death of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been ruled by two rival governments – the UN-recognized Government of National Unity led by Abdelhamid Dbeibah in western Libya, and another government in the east, supported by Marshal Khalifa Haftar.