Al Ahly Tripoli coach Hossam al-Badri shot at in Libya after team's draw

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Al Ahly Tripoli coach Hossam al-Badri shot at in Libya after team's draw

• Three men opened fire on Egyptian at his home
• Badri won Champions League last year with Cairo's Al Ahly

Press Association
The Guardian, Sunday 13 October 2013 23.22 BST

League football in Libya resumed only last month following the conflict which ousted Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Photograph: Ismail Zitouny/Reuters/Corbis

The Egyptian coach Hossam al-Badri was shot at in Libya on Saturday, hours after his team Al Ahly Tripoli had drawn a league match.

The 53-year-old Badri, who took Cairo's Al Ahly to Africa's Champions League title last November, joined the Libyan club in May. League football in Libya resumed only last month after being brought to a halt in February 2011 by the civil conflict that ousted the dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Al Ahly Tripoli won their first two games of the season before Saturday's draw.

The club told local media: "Our coach was shot at, at his home after a match in the league against Al Sowaihili that ended 1-1. He is safe but upset after what happened.

"Three men in a car shot at him. The police have launched a full-scale investigation."

The incident will cast a shadow over Libya's plans to host the 2017 African Nations Cup finals. They were only recently allowed by Fifa to host World Cup qualifiers after previously being forced to play home ties at neutral venues outside the country.