EX-Libya PM found dead in river

Shukri Ghanem, a former Libyan premier and oil minister who abandoned Muammar Gaddafi’s regime to support the rebels, has been found dead in a section of the Danube river flowing through Vienna, Austria.

Police spokesman Roman Hahslinger said the his body was found floating in the river yesterday morning. It showed no external signs of violence, but the cause of death was not immediately clear and an autopsy will be carried out.