Libya rebel leader sacks 'cabinet'

The leader of Libya's rebel movement, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, has dismissed his entire executive committee, which functions as a cabinet.

This came in response to the killing of the rebel military chief Abdel Fattah Younes last month, BBC News said.

Some among the rebels have blamed an allied Islamist faction for his death.

Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has now been asked to form a new cabinet. Council members said some of the ministers could be re-appointed.

Gen Younes had defected to the rebels in February after serving in the Libyan leadership since the 1969 coup which brought Col Muammar Gaddafi to power.

His burnt body - along with two of his aides - was found on the outskirts of Benghazi on 28 July, after he had been recalled to give evidence on the ongoing conflict against Col Gaddafi.

The circumstances surrounding his death remain unknown, but it is known that Ali Essawy - a senior member of the NTC - had signed a warrant for this arrest.

Members of his tribe have demanded a full investigation into his death.