Red Cross official shot dead in Libyan city of Sirte - official

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead an official at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the central Libyan city of Sirte on Wednesday, ICRC and local officials said.

Libyan television stations said the victim was a Swiss national who ran the ICRC office in the western city of Misrata and was visiting Sirte.

(Reporting by Ahmed Elumami; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Louise Ireland)