TRIPOLI: A Tunisian diplomat was kidnapped Thursday in Tripoli in unknown circumstances, a Libyan security source told AFP, just two days after armed men seized Jordan’s ambassador.

A Tunisian source confirmed the abduction and identified the diplomat as Al-Aroussi Al-Fatnassi, without giving further details.

Tunis’s ambassador to Libya, Ridha Boukadi, refused to comment.

Libyan Foreign Ministry spokesman Said Lessoued said he could not confirm nor deny the reported abduction, the latest in a string of incidents targeting foreign diplomats and Libyan politicians.

A Tripoli police official, however said the diplomat was seized by unknown assailants near the central Al-Kadissiya square not far from the Tunisian Embassy.