In Libya, Gaddafi leadership bid opens old wounds


Mustafa Ftis speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tripoli, Libya, November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Mustafa Ftis paid a heavy price for joining protests against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

When security forces opened fire on a demonstration in Tripoli's main square, he said he recalled seeing many casualties before being shot in the leg, bundled into a car and taken away for more than two weeks of physical and mental torture.

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