CEOAFRICA gathered that a Libyan military police commander have been shot dead by masked gunmen in the city of Benghazi.

According to source, Ahmed al-Barghathi, the head of the military police's investigative division, was shot several times as he left his house for Friday prayers.

No group has however admitted carrying out the attack.

Many security officials have been targeted by gunmen since the end of the 2011 war that toppled Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's government.