By Libya Herald staff.

Tripoli, 22 February 2015:

A commander in the Ajdabiya Martyrs Brigade was assassinated in Ajdabiya Wednesday night, the Libyan news agency LANA has reported.

Hussein Buhuriya Al-Zawi was shot just after the Maghreb prayers in a drive-by shooting carried out by unidentified gunmen .

The assassins reportedly fired a barrage of bullets from a white Hyundai while traveling down Antalat Street before speeding off toward Adwa.

The motive for the killing is unknown.