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Gunmen ambushed a military vehicle near Sirte, killing two soldiers and injuring a third. Gunmen in Benghazi killed two special forces soldiers in separate drive-by shootings; a special forces major was injured in an unsuccessful assassination attempt. Police are looking for an armed group of Islamist militants who attacked a checkpoint in the eastern coastal town of Sousa on Sept. 6; a guard and two militants were injured in the clash. Over 600 Egyptians who recently arrived in Libya with forged visas are being repatriated. Prime Minister Zeidan said the Libyan Brotherhood is giving "[o]nly moral support," not logistical help, to its counterparts in Egypt.