Reply #20: The moment a Libyan sniper targeted two Mailmen, firing a bullet that tore into rebel guide's side

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(Well written story)

The first shot missed. But the sniper was only finding his range – he made no mistake with the second.

The target – one of thousands of civilians now armed and determined to drive Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi from power – didn’t stand a chance.

Thrown into the air, his body convulsing as if charged with an electric shock, the rebel fighter then slumped to the ground. As he cried out in pain, his comrades carried him away through a maze of bombed-out alleys and side streets. Then, as we crouched behind a wall on the other side of the street, watching the fighting rage, the sniper turned his sights on us.

Abu Baker, a rebel fighter and the Mail’s temporary guide, doubled over beside me, blood oozing from a bullet wound in his side. As he was helped back down through the alleys for emergency first aid, Gaddafi’s men decided to finish off the job - firing a rocket-propelled grenade at us.


Wounded: Abu Baker doubles up in pain after being shot. It remains unclear what happened to him after being taken to hospital.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1379409/Libyan-...