Statement of Sabratha Municipality Council on confusion about kidnapping of Serbian embassy officials.

Sabrata, 09.11.2015(Lana) Statement of Sabrata Municipality Council condemned the kidnapping of two Serbian embassy officials in Libya as the ambassador and his accompanying delegation passed through Sabrata. The Municipal and Military Councils in Sabrata and Directorate of National Security in the city held in a statement the relevant Libyan authorities, the Serbian ambassador and his delegation the responsible for not contacting and coordinating with the security authorities in Sabrata to take the necessary measures to secure the diplomatic delegation and ensure their travel to Ras Jadier crossing. The statement said the Serbian ambassador convoy was subjected to a traffic accident and two embassy staff were kidnapped a man and a woman by unknown assailants. It said up to this minute no information was available about their health nor their whereabouts. The statement said as soon as the security authorities were informed about the accident they rushed to the site of the accident and secured the Serbian ambassador and his delegation and assigned a security patrol to escort them to Ras Jadier and now they are in Tunisia. The statement expressed surprise at this incident which comes at the time the city of Sabrata is facing a vicious onslaught by Libyan and international media rumoring terrorist camps and groups in the city. It said it cannot rule out that the incident is an intelligence plot to underscore the slanders and rumors that speak of terrorist camps in Sabrata, which has been repeatedly denied to UNSMIL, EU and to the media. The statement of the council urged all Arab and international media and those who cast doubt on these statement to visit the city whenever they wanted. =Lana=