Gunmen shoot dead female Libyan dissident in busy Benghazi street

Hanan al-Barassi was an outspoken critic of abuses in areas controlled by the Libyan National Army

Gunmen have shot dead a prominent female dissident on a busy street in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, in the latest killing of a critic of military strongman Khalifa Haftar.

Hanan al-Barassi, an outspoken critic of abuses in the eastern areas controlled by Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA), was shot dead in her car in broad daylight on 20th Street, a busy artery in Benghazi's city centre, rights groups and security officials said.