By Noora Ibrahim.
Benghazi, 3 January 2014:
Two US citizens detained by Benghazi Special Forces at the city’s university campus yesterday have been . . .[restrict]released.
The Foreign Ministry identified the two Americans as Jerry Lee and Joseph Romeld, who is of Cameroonian origin, according to Libyan news agency LANA. Both are players for Benghazi’s Al-Hilal basketball club.
The Commander of Saiqa Special Forces in Benghazi, Wanis Abu Khamada, told the Libya Herald that both Romeld and Lee were apprehended during routine security checks at Benghazi University because they were not registered students. They were held until their identity could be properly established, he added.
The two men were released last night in the presence of representatives from the Foreign Ministry and the Al-Hilal club.
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