Wife of U.S. teacher killed in Libya says she forgives gunmen

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(Reuters) - The widow of an American teacher shot dead by gunmen in Libya two weeks ago said on Friday that she forgave the men who attacked her husband, whom she described as a devout Christian. Ronnie Smith was gunned down on December 5 as he was exercising in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi where he had worked as a chemistry teacher for a year and a half, security sources and school officials said. "I just envision the black Jeep driving up to him and I don't know their faces," Anita Smith, her voice quivering with emotion, told CNN in an interview on Friday. Libya's fragile government has struggled to contain former fighters and militants who, two years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, are challenging a state that is still building up a national army with Western aid.

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