BENGHAZI, Libya
A Turkish citizen who was abducted earlier by unknown gunmen in southern Libya's city of Sabha was released on Monday, a security source has said.
"The Turkish man was released and he is well," the source told Anadolu Agency.
The 55-year-old man was abducted by as-yet-unknown assailants on Sunday after the kidnappers opened fire on his vehicle from a car with no license plates, injuring his Libyan driver.
The abductee could provide no information about where he had been taken, as he had been blindfolded during his captivity.
Last December, a Turkish national who worked at a restaurant in Sabha was abducted by militants.
The man was released a few weeks later after his family paid a ransom to his captors.
Libya has remained in a state of turmoil since a bloody uprising ended the decades-long rule of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in late 2011.
Since then, the country's stark political divisions have yielded two rival seats of government, each with its own institutions and military capacities.
Vying for legislative authority are the Tobruk-based House of Representatives and the Islamist-led General National Congress, which convenes in capital Tripoli.
The two assemblies support two rival governments respectively headquartered in the two cities.
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A Turkish citizen who was abducted earlier by unknown gunmen in southern Libya's city of Sabha was released on Monday, a security source has said.
"The Turkish man was released and he is well," the source told Anadolu Agency.
The 55-year-old man was abducted by as-yet-unknown assailants on Sunday after the kidnappers opened fire on his vehicle from a car with no license plates, injuring his Libyan driver.
The abductee could provide no information about where he had been taken, as he had been blindfolded during his captivity.
Last December, a Turkish national who worked at a restaurant in Sabha was abducted by militants.
The man was released a few weeks later after his family paid a ransom to his captors.
Libya has remained in a state of turmoil since a bloody uprising ended the decades-long rule of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in late 2011.
Since then, the country's stark political divisions have yielded two rival seats of government, each with its own institutions and military capacities.
Vying for legislative authority are the Tobruk-based House of Representatives and the Islamist-led General National Congress, which convenes in capital Tripoli.
The two assemblies support two rival governments respectively headquartered in the two cities.
