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Libyan PM Ali Zeidan kidnapped - Report
Oct 10, 201310:11 AM
Armed men have kidnapped the Libyan prime minister, Ali Zeidan, from a hotel in Tripoli, according to reports.
Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabia quoted Libyan security sources as saying that Zeidan was seized from a hotel where he was staying in the Libyan capital and taken to an unknown destination. Dubai-based al-Arabiya carried a similar report.
According to CNN, armed rebels escorted Zeidan from the Corinthian Hotel in Tripol and took him away in a car. The news service quoted a hotel clerk as saying there was no gunfire and the gunmen “caused no trouble”.
Zidan’s office initially called the abduction a “rumor” on its official Facebook page. Then it posted a note that said it was “coerced by kidnappers to deny the report.” - Agencies
