</head> <body> TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A judge was shot dead outside a court in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Sunday, an official said, just weeks after courts resumed work there following the 2011 war. Assailants killed Mohammed Houidi on Sunday morning as he came out of a court in the city, which is known as an Islamist stronghold. "A car just stopped in front and gunmen fired at him," Mansour al-Hasadi, a member of Libya's national assembly from Derna, told Reuters. "He died immediately." Hasadi said courts in the city had only recently properly resumed work following disruption due to the 2011 war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. As with elsewhere in the North African country, state security forces and courts there remain weak. A relative of Houidi confirmed what Hasadi said and added: "The courts only started working again and this may have upset people who have openly been calling for Islamic law to be implemented in Derna." Residents say there have been several demonstrations, led by members of some Islamist militias, calling for sharia law in recent months. Derna, a coastal city overlooking the Mediterranean, is known across the region as a major recruitment centre for fighters who joined the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Libya has seen a step up in violence in recent weeks as the government struggles to impose its authority on a country awash with weapons and where militias often do as they please. Six soldiers were killed and five injured in clashes between Libyan special forces and armed protesters outside a special forces base in the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, military officials said. (Reporting by Ghaith Shennib; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Alison Williams) </body> </html> </DataContent> </ContentItem> </NewsComponent> </NewsComponent> </NewsItem> </NewsML>

%xhtml; ]> 20130616T152433+0000 reuters.com 20130616 RTROPT_2013-06-16_15-24-33_BRE95F0B2 1 urn:newsml:reuters.com:20130616:RTROPT_2013-06-16_15-24-33_BRE95F0B2:1 2013-06-16 15:24:33 GMT+00:00 20130616T152433+0000 20130616T152433+0000 OLRTXT Online Report text item VIO 16003000 Civil Unrest JUDIC 02002000 Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions POL 11000000 Government / Politics MEAST Middle East AFR Africa LY Libya BRE95F0B2 Bangalore IN India 2013-06-16T152433Z_1_BRE95F0B2_RTROPTT_0_OUKWD-UK-LIBYA-ATTACK.XML Judge shot dead outside court in eastern Libyan city Bangalore India16 June 2013 REUTERS (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2013. Check for restrictions at: http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp OUKWD-UK-LIBYA-ATTACK OUKWD-UK-LIBYA-ATTACK:Judge shot dead outside court in eastern Libyan city </head> <body> TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A judge was shot dead outside a court in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Sunday, an official said, just weeks after courts resumed work there following the 2011 war. Assailants killed Mohammed Houidi on Sunday morning as he came out of a court in the city, which is known as an Islamist stronghold. "A car just stopped in front and gunmen fired at him," Mansour al-Hasadi, a member of Libya's national assembly from Derna, told Reuters. "He died immediately." Hasadi said courts in the city had only recently properly resumed work following disruption due to the 2011 war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. As with elsewhere in the North African country, state security forces and courts there remain weak. A relative of Houidi confirmed what Hasadi said and added: "The courts only started working again and this may have upset people who have openly been calling for Islamic law to be implemented in Derna." Residents say there have been several demonstrations, led by members of some Islamist militias, calling for sharia law in recent months. Derna, a coastal city overlooking the Mediterranean, is known across the region as a major recruitment centre for fighters who joined the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Libya has seen a step up in violence in recent weeks as the government struggles to impose its authority on a country awash with weapons and where militias often do as they please. Six soldiers were killed and five injured in clashes between Libyan special forces and armed protesters outside a special forces base in the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, military officials said. (Reporting by Ghaith Shennib; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Alison Williams) </body> </html> </DataContent> </ContentItem> </NewsComponent> </NewsComponent> </NewsItem> </NewsML>