Canadian Killed in Libyan uprising
Posted Aug 24, 2011 11:15 pm.
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A Canadian has been killed during a rebel assault on dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s compound in Libya.
According to the Herald, 24 year old Ben Raween was shot in the head by snipers while attacking the compound on Tuesday.
He is the first Canadian to die during the uprising.
Raween, of Libyan descent was born in Edmonton while his father was studying there then moved to Scotland, earned a computer science degree in Tripoli then moved to Ottawa.
Friends of Raween’s in Ottawa were reportedly the first to learn of his death in Canada.
Raween left his job at an Ottawa computer company in March then traveled to the rebels’ capital of Benghazi where he received weapons training but stayed in touch with his friends back home using social media.
Meanwhile, scattered battles continue in Libya, a day after the rebels overran Gadhafi’s compound.
American officials say there’s no evidence to suggest Gadhafi has left Libya.
Until the dictator is found, the rebels cannot declare victory.
