Libya - Gunmen storm Tripoli TV station, still holding two people

Reporters without borders

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday's attack by gunmen on the Tripoli headquarters of the pro-liberal, privately-owned TV station Al-Assema and voices deep concern about the fate of its owner, Jomaa Al-Osta and its former executive director, Nabil Shebani, who were taken away by the gunmen when they left. Osta and Shebani were among a total of eight people initially kidnapped by the group of gunmen when they overran the TV station yesterday afternoon. The others (...)

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