The UN-proposed government’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that three of its personnel were kidnapped in Tripoli. The three men were identified as Mousa Amroni, Fadlallah Al-Shahibi, and Ali Al-Agouri. The ministry issued a statement to confirm that it is willing to cooperate with the relevant authorities in a bid to exact the legal measures on the kidnappers. “The relevant security authorities should assume their jobs and protect the employees who work for the government.” The statement reads. “Such rumors and false news aim to create hustle and bustle in the country and deviate the public opinion into a track based on faulty information.”Media sources had previously said that gunmen stormed into Al-Shajara Hotel, where the abductees were staying, and kidnapped three people, who are reportedly close friends to the Defense Minister-designate Mihdi Al-Barghathi.

Source: Libya Observer November 20, 2016 15:56 UTC