Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan kidnapped – government

Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. AP/Abdeljalil Bounhar

TRIPOLI – Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped at dawn on Thursday by an armed group and taken to an unknown location, the government said.

“The head of the transitional government, Ali Zeidan, was taken to an unknown destination for unknown reasons by a group” of men believed to be former rebels, the government said in a brief statement on its website.