Confirmed: Top Libyan rebel general was killed by his own men

The leadership of the Libyan rebels acknowledged late Friday that a group of their own soldiers had killed their top military commander, contradicting statements made a day earlier as the rebels scrambled to avoid tribal revenge attacks that could divide their ranks…

In interviews Friday, several Obeidi tribe members said they thought the rebel council had played a role in his death, in part because it had issued the subpoena for him. “On the basis of what happened, the purpose of the subpoena was only luring him out,” said Erhain Khamis, 43, a rebel military officer who is also an Obeidi tribe member and the brother of one of the general’s personal guards who was killed…

Another army officer who is a cousin of General Younes, agreed. “Definitely we blame the National Transitional Council because they issued the subpoena,” the officer said Friday night, standing under a mourning tent. “What their role was in the betrayal, I can’t say for sure yet.” He spoke on the condition of anonymity because of military rules against interviews.