BENGHAZI, Libya | Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:24pm EDT (Reuters) –
Five British nationals who were part of an aid convoy passing through Libya on the way to Gaza were briefly kidnapped by an armed group, and one was sexually assaulted, security officials said on Thursday.
The incident happened in the eastern city of Benghazi early on Wednesday morning and the group was released several hours later. They were now with the Turkish consul in Benghazi, Libyan security officials said.
“They were on their way to Benghazi airport when they were stopped shortly after passing a checkpoint manned by the national army. They were then led to a place where the crime happened,” said a police official investigating the incident.
The official, based in Benghazi, said that one of the three women in the group had been sexually assaulted.
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