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Libya violence: 'US teacher shot dead' in Benghazi Libya violence: US teacher shot dead in Benghazi
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A teacher, believed to be an American national, has been shot dead in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, local officials say. An American teacher has been shot dead in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, local officials say.
Reportedly from Texas, he taught chemistry at the international school, medical and security sources said. Ronnie Smith, who is reported to be from Texas, taught chemistry at the international school in the city.
The man, thought to be called Ronnie Smith, was gunned down earlier on Thursday as he was jogging in Fweihat district, local sources told the BBC. The 33-year-old was gunned down earlier on Thursday as he was jogging in the Fweihat district, a popular residential area in the city.
There was no immediate statement from the US embassy in Libya. There was no immediate statement from the US embassy in Libya. No group has said it carried out the attack.
No group has said it carried out the attack. The BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli says Mr Smith was one of the few foreign citizens living in Benghazi.
For more than a year, many foreign governments have advised against all travel to Benghazi by their nationals, our correspondent says.
The warnings followed an attack on the US consulate in September 2012 in which US ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed.
Hardline Islamist groups have since been blamed for that attack but no one has been convicted.
'So sweet''So sweet'
The international school in Benghazi is a Libyan-owned institute that follows an American curriculum.The international school in Benghazi is a Libyan-owned institute that follows an American curriculum.
"He was doing his morning exercise when gunmen just shot him. I don't know why. He was so sweet with everyone," Adel al Mansouri, director at the school, told Reuters."He was doing his morning exercise when gunmen just shot him. I don't know why. He was so sweet with everyone," Adel al Mansouri, director at the school, told Reuters.
Benghazi is one of Libya's most restive cities. Last week, nine people died in clashes between the Libyan army and an Islamist militia, Ansar al-Sharia. Benghazi has seen the rise of several extremist militia groups operating in the city since the civil war in 2011 that toppled the longstanding leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
The group is suspected of killing US ambassador Christopher Stevens in 2012. Residents blame these groups for the almost daily assassinations and frequent bombings targeting the army and police, our correspondent says.
Militias took part in the uprising that led to the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 but have been told by the interim government to disband or join the army by the end of the year. Earlier on Thursday, three Libyan soldiers were assassinated in the city.
Last week, nine people died in clashes between the Libyan army and an Islamist militia, Ansar al-Sharia.
Militias took part in the uprising that led to the fall of Col Gaddafi but have been told by the interim government to disband or join the army by the end of the year.