{"id":24870,"date":"2026-08-12T12:46:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=24870"},"modified":"2026-08-12T12:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:46:43","slug":"libya-military-intelligence-chief-killed-in-car-bomb-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=24870","title":{"rendered":"Libya: Military Intelligence Chief Killed in Car Bomb Explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Benghazi (HRNW), August 12, 2026:<\/strong> Libya\u2019s military intelligence chief, <strong>Fawzi Mansouri<\/strong>, has been killed in a car bomb explosion in the eastern city of Benghazi.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Libyan military, Mansouri was leaving a mosque on Monday night when a bomb attached to his vehicle exploded, killing him.<\/p>\n<p>The military described the killing as a <strong>\u201ccowardly and criminal act\u201d<\/strong> and condemned the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The Libyan National Army said efforts to combat extremism and establish peace and stability in the country would continue despite the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Libya has faced prolonged political turmoil, civil conflict and social instability since the fall of former leader <strong>Muammar Gaddafi<\/strong> in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support HRNW:<\/strong> Support independent and responsible journalism covering human rights, peace, law and global affairs through <strong>Human Rights News Worldwide (HRNW)<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?page_id=1083&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Support HRNW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> This report is based on available information. Further details regarding the incident and those responsible may emerge as investigations continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benghazi (HRNW), August 12, 2026: Libya\u2019s military intelligence chief, Fawzi Mansouri, has been killed in a car bomb explosion in the eastern city of Benghazi. According to the Libyan military, Mansouri was leaving a mosque on Monday night when a bomb attached to his vehicle exploded, killing him. The military described the killing as a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24872,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24870\/revisions\/24872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}