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Friday 06 Nov 2015 - 14:35 Makkah mean time-24-1-1437
Tunisia Foreign Ministry (Google image)
Tunis (IINA) – Gunmen kidnapped dozens of Tunisians in western Libya to demand the release of a Libyan arrested in Tunisia, families and authorities said on Thursday.
Tunisian Foreign Ministry confirmed the kidnapping and said it is in contact with the Libyan authorities to try and secure the release of its nationals in the neighboring country. It did not give any details about a detained Libyan suspect, Reuters reported.
"Gunmen kidnapped my father since Sunday… they want the release of a Libyan arrested in Tunisia," Yosra Boubaker, the daughter of one of the detained Tunisians, told local television.
Mustapha Abd El Kebir, a Tunisian human rights activist with contacts in Libya, said as many as 50 Tunisians were being held in Washafana, an area west of Tripoli and the site of recent fighting between rival armed factions.
Earlier this year an armed group stormed the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli and kidnapped 10 diplomatic staff before releasing them. Tunisia closed the consulate after the kidnapping incident.
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