TRIPOLI, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Local sources have confirmed that four foreign workers were freed on Saturday, one day after they were kidnapped in southern Libya by unknown gunmen.
"The foreign engineers working in the power plant have left Libya on Saturday evening for fear of kidnapping again," said a local source, who declined to give his name.
It is reported that the efforts by local authorities had failed to free the hostages. However, security officials told local media earlier Saturday that they were besieging a site where the kidnappers stayed, and that the workers would be freed in a few hours.
No details about the identity of the kidnappers or the foreign workers were released.
Unknown gunmen on Friday kidnapped the foreign workers -- three Turks and one German, who worked in a power plant in the southern Libyan city of Obari, 1,100 km south of the capital Tripoli.
Insecurity and chaos followed the 2011 uprising that toppled then leader Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, where authorities struggle to control the deteriorating situation.
