\u00cb\u0153Ex-Libya intel. chief\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s daughter freed\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/p>\n
Former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s daughter, who was kidnapped last week, has been released, a member of her tribe says.\n<\/p>\n
Unud al-Senussi, whose father was spy chief for Libya’s slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, had finished a 10-month jail sentence when she was abducted on September 2.\n<\/p>\n
Reports say al-Senussi was arrested after entering Libya illegally with a forged passport in October 2012, in order to visit her imprisoned father.\n<\/p>\n
Abdelkader Belgacem, a member of the Magerha tribe to which Unud belongs, said on Sunday that she was freed on Saturday evening and is currently \u00c5\u201csafe with members of her family in Brak al-Shati\u201d in southern Libya.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cUnud is due to spend some time in the south before going to Egypt to join her mother and sister,\u201d Belgacem added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
According to Libya\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani, Unud was kidnapped by armed men who ambushed her convoy as she left a prison in the country’s capital Tripoli.<\/p>\n
A unit in the security forces, however, said on Thursday that it had seized the former spy chief\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s daughter to thwart a plan by \u00c5\u201cother parties\u201d to abduct her and claim a ransom.\n<\/p>\n
The North African country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s former intelligence chief is currently in prison for crimes carried out during the 2011 Libyan revolution.\n<\/p>\n
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has also accused al-Senussi of committing crimes against humanity during the uprising, which led to the ouster and assassination of Gaddafi.\n<\/p>\n
The ex-spy chief is due to stand trial on September 19 along with other top figures from the former regime.\n<\/p>\n
Libyans rose up against Muammar Gaddafi\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s four-decade rule in February 2011 and deposed him in August 2011. He was killed on October 20 of the same year.\n<\/p>\n
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