(AP) Thousands of mourners followed the funeral procession for the Libyan rebels' slain military chief on Friday, a day after he was gunned down under still mysterious circumstances.
Mourners chanted "Martyrs are God's Beloved" as they carried Abdel-Fattah Younis's coffin to a cemetery in the de-facto eastern rebel capital Benghazi.
Fear and confusion gripped Benghazi, where heavy gunfire crackled in the early hours Friday, as residents worried about the possibility his death could undermine the rebels' military forces, leaving the opposition-held east vulnerable to attack by Moammar Gadhafi's forces.
The circumstances of his death remained almost entirely unexplained. The head of the rebel National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, said Younis had been summoned to Benghazi for questioning on a "military matter" and was killed along with two aides while on route.
Mourners chanted "Martyrs are God's Beloved" as they carried Abdel-Fattah Younis's coffin to a cemetery in the de-facto eastern rebel capital Benghazi.
Fear and confusion gripped Benghazi, where heavy gunfire crackled in the early hours Friday, as residents worried about the possibility his death could undermine the rebels' military forces, leaving the opposition-held east vulnerable to attack by Moammar Gadhafi's forces.
The circumstances of his death remained almost entirely unexplained. The head of the rebel National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, said Younis had been summoned to Benghazi for questioning on a "military matter" and was killed along with two aides while on route.
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