A source from Al-Baraghtha tribe in eastern Libya told local media that the leadership of Al-Rajma (Khalifa Haftar's forces) informed them of the killing of their son, former Defense Minister Mahdi Al-Barghathi. Meanwhile, Al-Awaqir tribe's youth movement, from which Al-Baraghtha tribe descends, demanded that the judiciary and Khalifa Haftar investigate the killing of Mahdi Al-Barghathi. Libyan Crime Watch added that Bufanara was arrested on October 10 by the Internal Security Apparatus, following the arrest campaign that came after the military operation against former Defense Minister Mahdi Al-Barghathi. In early October, Haftar's forces arrested Al-Mahdi Al-Barghathi, a number of his companions, and a number of the women of his family, after Al-Barghathi returned to his home in Benghazi, following clashes that lasted for hours between the two sides. Later, Haftar's forces handed over the body of Ibrahim; Mahdi Al-Barghathi's son to his family, after he was arrested with his father and his companions.

Source: Libya Observer December 20, 2023 13:35 UTC