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Africa North
South Korea deploys warship off Libya's coast after abduction of a national
2018-08-06
More on this story from a few days ago.
[Libya Observer] South Korea said Thursday it had deployed a warship to Libya in an apparent show of force to secure the release of a national kidnapped along with three Filipinos in the south-western region.

The vessel, Munmu the Great, which takes part in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, was on its way to Libya, Seoul officials said Wednesday.

The warship is also preparing for all possibilities including the need for military support, a South Korean defense ministry front man said.

"On the first day he was kidnapped, the president ordered the government to do its utmost with all resources the country has," The South Korean President's front man Kim Eui-kyeom said.

"The government has been maintaining a close cooperation system with the government of Libya and other allies, such as the Philippines and the United States, since the day of the incident for his safety and release." He explained.

A video footage showed the South Korean captive asking the President to help win his release, and so did the three other kidnapped persons who are from The Philippines.

A Libyan security source said the Head of the Presidential Council order security apparatuses in Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
to follow the issue of the kidnapped foreigners, adding that fingers are pointed at IS Death Eaters, while other reports say they are kidnapped by other gangs.

Sources in southern Libya said a man named Tariq Ehnish is the kidnapper and he wishes to use the four persons to free his bother al-Mabrouk Ehnish who is tossed in the calaboose
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by the Tripoli-based Special Deterrence Force.

Ehnish stormed into the Man-Made River's headquarters and burnt power generators and other stuff, then blocked water supplies to Tripoli and other cities for days in order to press the SDF to release his brother, who is a man linked to Qadaffy regime and is caused by the SDF of cooperating with people loyal to Saif Qadaffy to advance on Tripoli and destabilize it.
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