Family of IRA murder victim to sue LibyaBy Rebecca Black, PAThe family of a loyalist paramilitary shot dead by the IRA is to sue Libya. An AKM assault rifle used in the murder of Mr Kingsberry and his stepson Samuel Mehaffey was among the haul supplied by Libya. The UK Government has ruled out using the £12 billion of frozen Libyan assets, or the tax take generated by them, to compensate victims. He told UTV that the then Libyan regime supplied the weapon that killed his father and Mr Mehaffey. He said the case is massive for all those bereaved in acts of terror that involved Libyan supplied weapons, including guns and semtex.

Source: Libya Today April 06, 2026 10:01 UTC