Tripoli, 15 April 2014:
The Jordanian Ambassador to Libya, Fawaz Al-Aytan, was kidnapped and his driver wounded in Tripoli this morning.
The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that two cars without number plates driven by masked men snatched Aytan in a central area of the capital, according to Libyan news agency LANA. The ambassador’s driver was shot twice and is being treated in a local hospital.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the government was holding urgent meetings about the incident.