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Hundreds of people mourned the death of a western Libyan military chief and four others killed in a plane crash in western Libya on Sunday. turkey.
The coffins of General Mohamed Ali Ahmed Haddad and two others are carried into a stadium in the coastal city of Morocco EgyptA funeral was held in their hometown, attended by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and other military and political leaders. The remains will be taken elsewhere by the family for a private burial.
The ceremony was also held at Ankara and diatomite Saturday.
On Tuesday, a private plane carrying Haddad, four other officers and three crew members crashed after taking off from the Turkish capital Ankara. Libyan officials said the cause was a technical failure on the plane, but the investigation was ongoing in coordination with Türkiye.
Libya was plunged into chaos after a 2011 uprising that overthrew and killed longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The country is divided, pitting eastern and western governments against each other, each backed by armed groups and foreign governments. The country is governed by the government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Tripoli and the government of Prime Minister Osama Hamad in the east.
Türkiye has been a major supporter of Libya’s western government but has recently taken steps to improve relations with the eastern government.