The Libyan Foreign Ministry confirmed that four Egyptian embassy staffers have been kidnapped in the Libyan capital Tripoli, including the cultural attaché. "The cultural attaché and three other employees of the Egyptian embassy in Libya were kidnapped on Saturday in Tripoli," said the Libyan foreign ministry spokesman Said Lassoued. The Foreign Ministry formed an operation room coordinating with the Libyan authorities to follow up the situation, said spokesman of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Badr Abdul Aati.