Official: Egyptian diplomat kidnapped in Libya

Published January 24, 2014 8:11pm ET



CAIRO (AP) — A spokesman for Egypt’s Foreign Ministry says one of its diplomats has been kidnapped in Libya.

Spokesman Badr Abdelattie told The Associated Press late Friday that the Egyptian Embassy’s administrative attaché was kidnapped in Tripoli, Libya’s capital. Abdelattie said the ambassador was trying to ascertain what happened.

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