Libyans killed because their families have boycotted a meeting in support of Kadhafi

Libyans killed because their families have boycotted a meeting in support of Kadhafi

A young man was killed with two bullets in the head after his family refused to attend a meeting in support of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, said his uncle.

With tears in her eyes, his nephew Mohammed tells how the corpse was left to the family house in Tripoli.

For him, there is no doubt that Ahmed, aged 30, was killed by forces loyal to Qadhafi for his family refused to attend the meeting held on Friday in Tripoli, during which Qadhafi has threatened Europe, NATO and "traitors" Libyans.

"After four or five days, a member of one of the" revolutionary committees "of his family approached my brother Kadhafi in Tripoli", AFP says this old man about 50 years in Benghazi feud insurgents fighting against Libyan leader for over five months.

"They said 'we have your son is detained in a prison of Abu Salim. If your family does not come out to protest on Friday, do not you will never see,'" he continues, his voice full of rage.Ahmed disappeared in Tripoli at the beginning revolt in February, when young people burned portraits of Kadhafi and stormed the headquarters of public television. His family thought he was killed by soldiers, mercenaries or members redoubtable Securitate.Convinced of his death heard that other neighbors and had received similar threats, the parents refused to attend the meeting."We believe it is impossible for him to be alive, they proferează threats without foundation," added the young uncle.The family now believes he was arrested on 22 February and held in prison famous Abu Salim. Wherever it is, however, the family found his body Saturday morning in front of the house."The wounds were recent, was killed in the morning, blood was still warm," says Mohammed who contacted his brother from Benghazi in the day, through clandestine means of communication.Mohammed claims that at least two neighboring families in Tripoli found the bodies of their sons in the same morning. They refused to attend the meeting.This version is impossible to be confirmed but, given the restrictions on the press in areas controlled by the regime, but human rights groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch spoke of "evidence" of executions carried out by Qadhafi's forces.Information on such executions in Tripoli have circulated before, but these NGOs do not have access to the capital, could not conduct independent investigations.A London representative of the National Council of Transition (CNT), the body rebels, said on 26 June "confirmed information" under which 187 prisoners were killed in Abu Salim Prison two days early.Because gasoline rationalization in Tripoli, Muhammad claims that his family intends to walk four or five miles to be able to bury Ahmed."I want people to know how things go with Kadhafi," he says. "Whether suntenţi with Qadhafi, or die."