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Gunmen in Benghazi attacked a car carrying the honorary French consul and his wife but they escaped unharmed. The head of the federalist Cyrenaica Transitional Council's military wing was injured and two of his companions killed in an attack outside a Benghazi TV station. Revolutionary brigades closed a border crossing to prevent Mohammed Badie, head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, from entering Libya; Badie was arrested by Egyptian forces near the border. The Libyan Muslim Brotherhood said asylum requests by Egyptian MB members should be honored. The Zintan council leader said his forces were in Tripoli to protect the government from those who would destabilize it, including former members of the Libyan Fighting Group. A British warship arrived in Tripoli to help survey Libyan waters.