Italian reporters abducted in Libya
Four Italian journalists have been kidnapped and their driver killed, apparently by Libyans loyal to dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, as they travelled towards Tripoli, Italy’s foreign minister said tonight.
The ministry said the newspaper journalists included two from the Milan daily Corriere della Sera, one from Turin’s La Stampa and one from Avvenire, a national Catholic daily.
It said the abduction happened today on a stretch of highway between Zawiah, a town 30 miles (50km) west of Tripoli, and the Libyan capital.
Italian news reports said the Avvenire reporter was able to make a call to Milan saying the four Italians were OK.
