Serbian engineer abducted in Libya freed

Serbia’s Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday that the Serbian engineer abducted in Libya three days ago has been freed and is now in good health conditions.
Last Tuesday, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said a Serbian national, Miroslav Tomic, who is a maintenance engineer employed by a German company, was kidnapped on Saturday of the same week while traveling to inspect an oil field around 1,200 km (750 miles) from the capital Tripoli.
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