Pierre Marziali arrived late on Wednesday to Benghazi. He was accompanied by a business partner, Secopex. In the Libyan capital of the rebels were waiting for three others, the advance of the French security firm: the next day they would meet with the new authorities to negotiate a consulting contract.
Just a couple of hours after arrival in hospital Marziali Jalaa the abdomen by a bullet shattered. His companions disappeared from the scene. Thus began a dark episode that none of the parties seems willing to clarify. The French government simply announce, after 24 hours, the death of a French citizen "at a security checkpoint and the arrest of his four companions.
Libyan rebel authorities were silent. In the Benghazi hospital Jalaa Khaled Bashir, administration manager, plays with the passport Marziali. 48. 1.85 meters tall. Blue eyes. Between 2009 and 2011 he traveled to Mauritania, Niger, Mali, Central African Republic ... Nothing unusual if you consider that this exparacaidista, founder of Secopex, African countries had good customers.
A had entered Libya from Tunisia in April, the area controlled by Muammar Qaddafi, and had just four days. Contrary to what French officials say, a hospital source said yesterday that Marziali EL PAIS was not shot at a checkpoint, but close to home, in the neighborhood of Fuayed. The exmilitar was shot in the back.
"A Kalashnikov bullet," says the source. It was his driver who took him to emergency. Several hours of resuscitation failed to save his life. His body, still in the morgue of the hospital, will be repatriated by plane today. Ahmed al Ghatrani, rebel military spokesman, blamed the crime to "gadafistas." It's official: the murder was the work of a sleeper cell of the scheme in January a conflict with France, the great ally of Benghazi.
Other rumors suggest the action of a rebel brigade. More and more opaque, the National Transitional Council was not clear yesterday where he was held Secopex team, or if there were charges against them. The issue is a hot potato for Benghazi, which is in France to its main international supporter, and to Paris, which has always looked with suspicion Secopex activities.
Eric, Frédéric and Pierre, the advance of the company, were affable rates. They had arrived three weeks ago. There were armed and wore protection. Uniform with boots and beige vest, used to walk around the courthouse square, the heart of the revolt, among the congratulations of a population that literally worships the French in general, and Nicolas Sarkozy in particular.
"We have nothing to do with the mercenaries, or sell weapons," said Pierre to this newspaper a few hours before the event. "We are a service company. With the Libyan rebels are negotiating to provide them with advice and material, mostly trucks and telecommunications equipment. Since Thursday, no one answers the phone. 
Just a couple of hours after arrival in hospital Marziali Jalaa the abdomen by a bullet shattered. His companions disappeared from the scene. Thus began a dark episode that none of the parties seems willing to clarify. The French government simply announce, after 24 hours, the death of a French citizen "at a security checkpoint and the arrest of his four companions.
Libyan rebel authorities were silent. In the Benghazi hospital Jalaa Khaled Bashir, administration manager, plays with the passport Marziali. 48. 1.85 meters tall. Blue eyes. Between 2009 and 2011 he traveled to Mauritania, Niger, Mali, Central African Republic ... Nothing unusual if you consider that this exparacaidista, founder of Secopex, African countries had good customers.
A had entered Libya from Tunisia in April, the area controlled by Muammar Qaddafi, and had just four days. Contrary to what French officials say, a hospital source said yesterday that Marziali EL PAIS was not shot at a checkpoint, but close to home, in the neighborhood of Fuayed. The exmilitar was shot in the back.
"A Kalashnikov bullet," says the source. It was his driver who took him to emergency. Several hours of resuscitation failed to save his life. His body, still in the morgue of the hospital, will be repatriated by plane today. Ahmed al Ghatrani, rebel military spokesman, blamed the crime to "gadafistas." It's official: the murder was the work of a sleeper cell of the scheme in January a conflict with France, the great ally of Benghazi.
Other rumors suggest the action of a rebel brigade. More and more opaque, the National Transitional Council was not clear yesterday where he was held Secopex team, or if there were charges against them. The issue is a hot potato for Benghazi, which is in France to its main international supporter, and to Paris, which has always looked with suspicion Secopex activities.
Eric, Frédéric and Pierre, the advance of the company, were affable rates. They had arrived three weeks ago. There were armed and wore protection. Uniform with boots and beige vest, used to walk around the courthouse square, the heart of the revolt, among the congratulations of a population that literally worships the French in general, and Nicolas Sarkozy in particular.
"We have nothing to do with the mercenaries, or sell weapons," said Pierre to this newspaper a few hours before the event. "We are a service company. With the Libyan rebels are negotiating to provide them with advice and material, mostly trucks and telecommunications equipment. Since Thursday, no one answers the phone.
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