Mahmoud al-Werfalli

Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al-Werfalli (Arabic: محمود مصطفى بوسيف الورفلي; 1978 – 24 March 2021) was a Libyan general, commander in al-Saiqa, an elite unit of the Libyan National Army, one of the warring factions in Libya's civil war since 2014. Al-Werfalli was indicted in 2017 in the International Criminal Court for the war crimes of murder and ordering the murder of non-combatants under article 8(2)(c)(i) of the Rome Statute.[1] As of 6 April 2019, the ICC had two outstanding warrants for al-Werfalli's arrest.[2][3] He was assassinated on 24 March 2021 in Benghazi.[4][5]

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  4. ^ "Libyan commander wanted for war crimes by ICC shot dead". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  5. ^ @observatoryly (24 March 2021). "عاجل > العقيد ميلود الزوي المتحدث باسم القوات الخاصة يؤكد صحة نبأ اغتيال الرائد محمود الورفلي في #بنغازي. #ليبيا #المرصد" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.