Libya’s central bank ‘suspends operations’ after official abducted

Head of IT was kidnapped in Tripoli and other executives threatened a week after siege at bank

The Central Bank of Libya said on Sunday it was suspending all operations" after a bank official was abducted in the capital, Tripoli, in a statement posted on social media.

Musab Msallem, the head of information technology at the Central Bank, was kidnapped by an unidentified group from his house this morning", the statement said.