A view of the front of the Jordanian embassy in TripoliReuters
Jordanian ambassador to Libya Fawaz al-Itan, who was kidnapped by Islamist militants last month, has been freed.
The envoy has already left Libya and is heading towards home.
"Ambassador al-Itan is on his way home and in good health," Jordan's foreign minister Nasser Joudeh said in a televised address on a state-run channel. The foreign minister gave no other details regarding the release.
The ambassador was kidnapped on 15 April in central Tripoli by masked men who opened fire at his car. His driver was injured during the kidnapping.
The captors demanded the release of the Libyan Islamist insurgent Mohamed Dersi in exchange for the Jordanian ambassador. However, it is still unclear whether the demand to release al-Itan had been met.
Fawaz al-Itan's abduction was one of the most high-profile incidents in the country since the 2011 Libyan revolution.
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