People look at a vehicle belonging to the Libyan army after it exploded in Benghazi on Monday. The only person who was in the vehicle when it exploded, the driver, suffered burns on his body and was brought to a hospital for medical help, according to witnesses. – Reuters Seraj Essul BENGHAZI – A French forensic team is heading to Tripoli to help Libyan security experts work on the recent assassinations and bombings in Benghazi. British Prime Minister David Cameron has also offered to send a British forensic team to help Libya with its criminal investigations. “These are criminal investigation experts,” spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Rami Kaal, told the Libya Herald. “They will investigate the recent assassinations in general,” including that of political activist Abdulsalam Musmari, he said, as well as last night's dual bomb attack in central Benghazi. French forensic experts also came to Libya in April this year, following the car-bombing of the French embassy in Tripoli. Prime Minister Ali Zidan said that Libya would be seeking help from Interpol in its criminal investigations, as well as other international organizations, without giving any further details. Zidan stressed that this help in criminal investigation was of a forensic nature and that it did not infringe on Libya's sovereignty or its internal affairs. He was reacting to the spate of violence that had hit both Tripoli and Benghazi recently, including an attempted mortar attack on the Corinthia, multiple assassinations and bombings. “We need criminal investigators,” stressed Zidan at a press conference. After the (February 17th) revolution Libyans developed a complex of the idea of any intelligence gathering or investigative bodies. But these are necessary to investigate internal criminal activities, he said, explaining that whenever he tried to create a criminal investigating or intelligence gathering body, there was always suspicion and questioning. However, he insisted that without such a body, Libya could not form a state. We must have a strong intelligence agency. It must be well organized, but also controlled and monitored by the public through the GNC, he stressed. Zidan even resorted to giving the example of the prophet Mohamed who he said had helpers providing information. – Libya Herald
