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Libya’s former PM and oil minister Shokri Ghanem found dead in Vienna
Updated | Former Libyan Prime Minister and oil minister Shokri Ghanem has been found dead in Vienna’s Danube river.
File: Shokri Ghanem
Libya's former Prime Minister and oil minister, who last year announced his defection from ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime's inner circle to support the rebels who ultimately toppled him, was found dead today in a section of the Danube river flowing through Vienna, Austrian police said.
Police spokesman Roman Hahslinger said the corpse of 69-year-old Shukri Ghanem was found floating in the river early in the morning. He said the body showed no external signs of violence.
The cause of death was not immediately clear, Hahslinger said, adding that officials will carry out an autopsy in the coming days.
Ghanem was dressed normally when found in the river but had no personal identification on him other than a document that named the company he was working for, Hahslinger said. An employee of the company was subsequently contacted and identified him, the police spokesman said.
Hahslinger said Ghanem apparently left his residence early on Sunday morning after spending Saturday evening at home with an acquaintance. He had no further details.
Ghanem is a former Libyan premier who last served as his country's oil minister until 2011. He left Libya in June as civil war was raging in the country, and subsequently announced that he would support the rebels fighting Gaddafi's troops.
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in another part of the maltese media there where two interesting writeups regarding libya.
one was about dr gonzi who expressed his happiness about the democracy that is now being enjoyed by the libyan people. coming from a head of state who was the last one to embrace ghaddafi outside his tent this sounds really hollow.
the other writeup referred to ghaddafi's financial involvement with the last sarkosy electoral campaign. sarcastically sarkosy remarked that if this was true its really didnt show up by the way he acted in ousting the libyan dictator. as if sarkosy is new to this treachery. why didnt he adress this question to the frech electorate who had trusted him last time round......
