Tunisia Thwarts Kidnap Plot

Four Libyans and a Tunisian policeman were arrested in Tunisia on suspicion of plotting to kidnap a young Jew and hold him for ransom, AFP reported on Thursday (November 1st).

The five suspects were arrested in Zarzis. They are now being held near Tunis.

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