CAIRO — One of Libya's most prominent female activists was assassinated in the restive eastern city of Benghazi when gunmen stormed her house, state news agency reported Thursday. Salma Bugaighis, a lawyer and rights activist, was at the forefront in the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi and was also among the most vocal and outspoken activists against militiamen and extremists who have run rampant in the country since Gaddafi's fall. Bugaighis was shot in the head just hours after casting her ballot in parliamentary's elections. She was rushed to a hospital where she died of her wounds. The daily Al-Wasat newspaper said the guard of her house in Benghazi told police that five gunmen stormed the walled compound. They asked first about her son Wael, then shot the guard in the leg before entering the house. – AP
