Suspected Emirati spy killed in Libya's Tripoli

Tripoli's state prosecutor says victim was shot dead 
by member of intelligence services who was himself killed.

An Emirati national, who was arrested in Libya's capital
 in 2015 on suspicion of espionage, has been killed by
 a member of the intelligence services who was himself
 shot dead, according to Tripoli's state prosecutor.

Seddiq es-Sour said on Wednesday that the detained 
man was arrested in November 2015 and was awaiting
 trial on charges of links to Dubai's police force.

"He claimed to be a businessman with no ties to Dubai
 police but intelligence agents found photographs of
 sensitive sites on his phone, including of the Turkish embassy," Sour said.

"A member of Libyan intelligence killed the Emirati citizen
before being gunned down by security forces," the
 prosecutor added, without giving a date for the incident.

Police in Dubai, an emirate in the United Arab Emirates,
 have denied links to the unnamed man, but said he 
had served as a sergeant with the force until five years
 ago. At the time of his arrest, Tripoli was controlled
 by a militia-led coalition which accused Arab states of supporting a rival general based in east Libya.

Libya has been riven by lawlessness and fighting since 
the 2011 toppling and killing of Muammar Gaddafi, with
 rival governments and armed forces vying for territory
 and a share of the country's vast oil riches.