By Libya Herald staff.
Tripoli, 2 February 2015:
The Jordanian government has denied reports that its embassy in west Tripoli was attacked and . . .[restrict]ransacked .
Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ashraf Khasawneh said in a statement Saturday night that after investigating the situation, all members of the mission were found to be safe and no damage had been done to the building.
Conflicting reports on the alleged incident came out of Tripoli on Saturday. Spokesman for the joint security operations room in Tripoli Essam Al-Naas had claimed that that the embassy was robbed and that one of its security guards was kidnapped, while another local security official had said that the attackers had been arrested having attempted to steal a vehicle belonging to the diplomatic police stationed outside the embassy.
Like most Arab and European embassies, the Jordanian mission was closed. Diplomats pulled out last May after the Jordanian ambassador was kidnapped by militants in Tripoli demanding the release of a Libyan Islamist found guilty of terrorists offences in Jordan and imprisoned. The ambassador was later released. [/restrict]
