
Libyan PM Ali Zeidan has called for "calm and "wisdom" after being freed from the custody of militiamen.
He was abducted from a Tripoli hotel and held for several hours by armed men whose identity has yet to be confirmed.In a televised cabinet meeting, the PM thanked those who freed him, suggesting there had been a security operation.
The motive of the abduction is unclear but some militias had
been angered by a US commando raid to capture senior al-Qaeda suspect
Anas al-Liby.
Many militia groups saw the raid in Tripoli on Saturday as a breach of Libyan sovereignty and there is growing pressure on the government to explain if it was involved.
One
group, the Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (LROR), said it had
captured Mr Zeidan, claiming it was acting on orders from the prosecutor
general. But the justice ministry denied this.
The LROR said its actions had not been related to Mr Liby's detention.The official Lana news agency also named another formal rebel group, the Brigade for the Fight against Crime, as being involved.
Two years after the overthrow of Col Muammar Gaddafi, Libya still has no constitution and divisions between secular and Islamist forces have paralysed parliament.
The government has been struggling to contain the numerous militias who control many parts of the country.
bbc news
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