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| Gunmen release dozens of Tunisian workers held in Libya |
| 2015-10-14 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A group of Tunisian workers who were kidnapped by gunnies in northwestern Libya earlier on Tuesday, have been released according to an official statement by the Tunisian foreign ministry. Earlier on Tuesday gunnies had kidnapped dozens of Tunisians in northwestern Libya, demanding the release of a local Libyan official tossed in the calaboose Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! in Tunisia this week, according to families and locals sources said on Tuesday. But according to sources Tunisian authorities released the Libyan activist, which led to the return of the hostages, who have since returned home. The kidnapping happened when an official from Sabratha, a coastal town between Libya's capital Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... and the Tunisian border, was arrested along with another Libyan at Tunis airport on Saturday, Sabratha's municipal council said. The two had flown to Tunis on a visit organized by United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... , the council said. At the time of the kidnapping the daughter of one of the detained Tunisians told local radio: "Gunmen kidnapped my father... We talked with the kidnappers over the phone and told us they would release them only when Tunisia frees the Libyan officials arrested in Tunisia... I ask the authorities to intervene." Mustapha Abd El Kebir, a Tunisian human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... activist with contacts in Libya, also confirmed that dozens of Tunisians were being held in Sabratha. |
| Posted by:Fred |