By Aimen Amzein and Moutaz Ahmed.
Benghazi, 27 May 2014:
A Libyan diplomat kidnapped in the Karsa district of Derna over two weeks ago has been released to his family.
Abdussalam Ben Saoud, an accountant working at the Libyan embassy in Yemen, was released to his sons at 3 am this morning. A local resident told the Libya Herald he was recovered from Derna’s Baljabiyla the Martyr’s School, where he was found bound and blind-folded, slumped against an exterior wall.
It is believed Saoud’s pick-up was prearranged and that a sizeable random was paid for his release.