10 employees taken hostage at Tunisian embassy in Libya

10 employees taken hostage at Tunisian embassy in Libya

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Tunisia's Foreign Ministry said Friday, June 12, that an armed militia has attacked the Tunisian general consulate in Libya's capital and taken 10 employees there hostage, the Associated Press reports.

In a statement, the ministry condemned the attack, saying it was "a vile aggression" against Tunisia's sovereignty and a violation of international conventions protecting diplomatic personnel.

The ministry statement Friday said Tunisia's government was monitoring the situation and working to secure the release of the employees.

Libya has been divided between rival governments and hundreds of militias in the aftermath of its 2011 civil war that ousted ruler Moammar Gadhafi.

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