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| Relative of Hafter released by kidnappers |
| 2014-06-26 |
| [Libya Herald] After a week of captivity, the grandson of retired General Khalifa Hafter's sister has been released by his kidnappers and returned to his family. Mahmoud Mustafa Ahbeel Al-Zawi, age 22, was kidnapped last week near a petrol station in Ajdabiya. Gunmen reportedly fired shots at the car he was driving to force the car to stop, then grabbed Al-Zawi. After a phone call was made by the kidnappers to the family, detailing the location of where he had been left, he was found alive, with his hands tied, near a power station in Zueitina on Monday. It is not known if he had been beaten or otherwise abused. Al-Zawi reportedly did not know who his kidnappers were. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of a million dinars. Security personnel suspect the kidnapping was not motivated by Hafter's Operation Dignity campaign but was perpetrated by a criminal gang looking to make money. It is not known if any ransom was paid. |
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