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Pinoy engineer disappears as Libyan rebels sieze three vehicles from Phillipine embassy
A Filipino engineer was feared to have been abducted by rebel forces in Tripoli as he disappeared after they raided the headquarters of a British engineering company early Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.DFA spokesman Raul Hernandez told reporters at a news briefing Tuesday afternoon that a group of rebels also barged into the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli and took at gun point three vehicles. Hernandez declined to name the Filipino engineer, but identified the company he was working for as the First British Engineering Co. He said the rebels raided a building occupied by Filipinos and other foreign nationals. He is the caretaker of the office and until this time he is still missing. Hernandez said. Hernandez said the information in the Filipinos reported abduction was relayed to the foreign office the Philippine labor attache in Libya who cited the statements by the engineers co-workers. He added that the armed men also took cell phones, laptops and other valuables in the engineering companys office. He said that later in the day, at around 10:50 in the morning, a group of rebels barged into the Philippine embassy and took the Land Cruiser of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) representative who was at the embassy at that time. He said the armed men also tried to take two other vehicles of the embassy, but relented when told they were owned by the Philippine Embassy whose nationals have supported and helped the Libyans. But they came back in the afternoon and took the vehicles, but did not harm anyone in the embassy, Hernandez added. He said that the two incidents involving Filipinos have been reported to the Libyan police. I'm sure they'll get right on that. Posted by: gromky 2011-08-24 |
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