Gunmen Abduct Ambassador Libya
April 17, 2014 by staff
Gunmen Abduct Ambassador Libya, Masked gunmen abducted the Jordanian ambassador in the Libyan capital early Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a wave of abductions in the North African nation still plagued by lawlessness more than two years after the ouster of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Assailants in two cars opened fire on Ambassador Fawaz al-Etan’s vehicle in central Tripoli near the Jordanian Embassy, wounding his driver before forcing the diplomat out at gunpoint, said Libyan Foreign Ministry spokesman Said al-Aswad.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it is closely following the case and will “exert all effort to ensure safety of the ambassador.” It also called on the kidnappers to release him, and urged Libyans to “respect the diplomatic and foreign envoys in the country.”
A spokeswoman for Jordan’s Foreign Ministry, Sabah al-Rafie, confirmed the kidnapping but had no further details.
Following the kidnapping, Jordan’s national carrier, Royal Jordanian, suspended its flight to Tripoli on Tuesday, airline spokesman Basil al-Kilani said. He did not specify when flights would resume.
In Amman, the ambassador’s sister, Khawala al-Etan, told The Associated Press that she learned of her brother’s abduction when she saw his picture flash across her TV screen.
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