Tobruk MP, Muhammad Al-Reaid, kidnapped in Tobruk

Libyan News
Tobruk parliament member from Misrata, Muhammad Al-Reaid was abducted on his way to the airport in Tobruk by an armed group demanding release of their relative jailed in Misrata in exchange.
The kidnappers left Al-Reaid upon intervention of Tobruk elders without doing any harm to him.
MP Al-Reaid had sworn in back to the parliament after boycotting it for 18 months.
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