Tunisia: Consular staff abducted in Libya released

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Saturday 20 Jun 2015 - 11:32 Makkah mean time-3-9-1436 Tunisian FM Taieb Baccouche (Photo: medias.rtci.tn) Tunis (IINA) – Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche said all 10 members of the Tunisian consular staff, abducted by gunmen in the Libyan capital Tripoli last week, have been released. Al-Bakoush told AFP that “all staff members have been released and will be back in Tunisia today (Friday)”, a day after his ministry announced that three of 10 staffers have been released, and the remainder were expected to be freed soon. AB/IINA