Nine Special Force Brigade soldiers were killed following a heavy assault on the Benghazi Police Headquarters reportedly by Ansar Al-Sharia. The government held Ansar Al-Sharia responsible and warned in a televised communique that it “will not allow the existence of terrorist groups or criminal armed groups or groups outside the legitimacy of the state; and that it does not accept the existence of a state within a state.” This was the first time the government pointed to Ansar Al-Sharia by name and held it responsible. The event dominated Libyan media shows over the weekend amidst news of a bill filed by a Republican Congressman to discuss, on 7 May, the use of drones against Jihadists in Benghazi. A military source told the Libyan Alwasat online news portal that 27 Ansar Al-Sharia fighters were killed during the Friday night assault, including three Algerians, four Syrians and a Yemeni.
http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/05/02/heavy-fighting-between-asnar-al-sharia-and-saiqa-special-forcesin-benghazi/#axzz30n74Rda5 http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/16171/ (Arabic)
