Four policemen in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi were killed when a police compound was attacked today, a security official said, in the latest violence to plague the cradle of Libya's uprising.
The attack is believed to be linked to the recent detention of two men in connection with several assassinations of security officials in the city, as the assault happened next door to a police station where they were being held.
Unknown assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the compound, which houses patrol cars, damaging an office and killing one policeman, police spokesman Khaled Hidar said.
A gun battle then followed and three of the police reinforcements who arrived at the scene were killed.
"It was a long battle. Three other policemen were severely injured," Hidar said.
He said two men recently detained in connection with a series of assassinations in the city, including that of Benghazi police chief Faraj al-Deirsy last month, were being held in the police station next door. Deirsy was killed in front of his home last month.
"This happened as two people were detained recently ... in connection with the series of assassinations in Benghazi," Hidar said, adding that...
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