3 foreign workers kidnapped in southwestern Libya
ROME- Three foreign workers, including two Italians, were kidnapped in southwestern Libya Monday, Italy's Foreign Ministry and officials in the town of Ghat said.
The ministry said in a brief statement that it had learned about the abduction. It declined to provide further details, citing the "delicateness" of the situation.
A statement by the media office of Ghat municipality said that foreign engineers, who worked for construction company CON.I.COS, were abducted by unidentified assailants on the road linking Tahala and Ghat early in the morning. It gave their names as Italians Bruno Cacace and Danilo Calonego, and a Canadian identified only as Frank.
